social credit
social credit A theory advanced by the social economist Clifford
DOUGLAS, to eliminate the concentration of economic power. It became popular in Canada and New Zealand at the time of the Great
DEPRESSION. In Canada a Social Credit Party, led by William Aberhart, won an overwhelming victory in Alberta in 1935 and remained in power until 1971 without, however, implementing many of Douglas's ideas. In 1952 it won an election in British Colombia, but never gained more than a handful of federal seats in Ottawa, and largely disappeared after 1980. A New Zealand Social Credit Party was formed in 1953 and has held from one to three seats in the New Zealand Parliament at various times.
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Aberhart on Social Credit: a radio broadcast.(Willam Aberhart, premier of Alberta in 1935)(Speech)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Alberta History; 9/22/2005; 700+ words
; Editor's Introduction--William Aberhart became premier of Alberta in 1935...system called "Social Credit." Aberhart was born in Perth County, Ontario...at the height of his popularity, Aberhart learned about a monetary theory...
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History that is still happening
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 5/2/1999; ; 618 words
; ...GATES OPEN Photographs by Laurence Aberhart, the National Library Gallery, Wellington, to July 4; and Laurence Aberhart: An Artist's View, Te Papa. Reviewed by WILLIAM McALOON LAURENCE Aberhart, arguably one of our best photographers...
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Legacy of good government: E.C. (Ernest Charles) Manning, the consummate leader who shaped Alberta's political character, dies at 87.
Magazine article from: Alberta Report; 3/4/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...There he first heard the voice of William Aberhart, principal of Calgary's Crescent...clock every Sunday afternoon, Aberhart, a fundamentalist Baptist, would...To the young Ernest Manning, Aberhart's instruction was pure revelation...
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A century of premiers.(Editorial)
Magazine article from: Alberta History; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the provincial government. William Aberhart chats with his followers and...Depression, school principal William Aberhart learned about a monetary theory...six years. Its premiers were William Aberhart (1935-43), Ernest Manning...
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Eva Reid: girl reporter.(Biography)
Magazine article from: Alberta History; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...her to hear local evangelist William Aberhart. Aberhart, who was also principal...into their daily lives. Jessie Aberhart was a community-minded, social...living room." She remembered William Aberhart as a serious minded man who worked...
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Social Discredit: Anti-Semitism, Social Credit, and the Jewish Response. (Book Reviews/Recensions).
Magazine article from: Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...s two major Alberta leaders, William Aberhart and Ernest Manning. Janine Stingel...government agency established by Aberhart to coordinate efforts to establish...all this, asks Stingel, were Aberhart and Manning, along with their...
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Reform's rebels want a leadership review, but one is already in the works.
Magazine article from: Alberta Report; 8/24/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...integral a role. But consider what William "Bible Bill" Aberhart, progenitor of Social Credit...Clifford Douglas, had denounced Aberhart as an egomaniac and heretic...prolonged and bitter battle with Aberhart. Nor did this tendency to insurrection...
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A tradition of vigilance: the role of Lieutenant Governor in Alberta.
Magazine article from: Canadian Parliamentary Review; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the years of Social Credit and William Aberhart. The Social Credit period in Alberta...Lieutenant Governor. Early into Aberhart's term, the Lieutenant Governor...Lieutenant Governor Walsh issued Aberhart this ultimatum: change the provisions...
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What does Alberta want?
Magazine article from: Inroads: A Journal of Opinion; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Theatre Projects] stage is The Aberhart Summer -- as in William Aberhart. The Social Credit Party...was eating people alive and Aberhart said he'd get people out...Clark, Preston Manning, William Thorsell at the Globe and...
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No respect for Dr. Ralph (Klein): ... honorary degree.
Magazine article from: Alberta Report; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...committee to give then-premier William Aberhart an honourary degree, as the Edmonton...March 15 editorial. Once Mr. Aberhart indicated he would accept the degree...offer. In the aftermath, Mr. Aberhart passed legislation emasculating...
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William Aberhart
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
William Aberhart As premier of the province of Alberta, Canada, from 1935 to 1943, William Aberhart (1878-1943) was the first political...social credit a basis for government. William Aberhart was born on a farm in Huron County...
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Social Credit Party of Canada
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...ideology was based on the theory of ‘social credit’ as advanced by the Alberta radio evangelist, William Aberhart (b. 1878, d. 1943). Adapting the ‘social credit’ ideas of the British engineer Clifford...
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Social Credit
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The program became highly influential in Alberta during the depression years, and the Social Credit party, led by William Aberhart , won a resounding victory in the provincial elections of 1935. The program included distribution of a social dividend...
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social credit
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...popular in Canada and New Zealand at the time of the Great DEPRESSION . In Canada a Social Credit Party, led by William Aberhart, won an overwhelming victory in Alberta in 1935 and remained in power until 1971 without, however, implementing...
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