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unusual facts about Social Credit Party



Hilliard Beyerstein

Born in Meeting Creek, Alberta, Beyerstein first ran for the Canadian House of Commons as a Social Credit Party candidate in the 1949 federal election.

Ivan Messmer

Ivan Charles Messmer (born July 23, 1931) was a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Boundary-Similkameen in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991 as a member of the Social Credit Party.

Škoda 120

The car also got a political reputation at the General Election in 1984, when a defeated National Party MP, Pat Hunt, derisively referred to his Social Credit Party opponent, Neil Morrison, who won the seat as a member of "the Crimplene suit and Škoda brigade".


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Canadian federal election results in the Côte-Nord and Saguenay

This region used to be traditionally Liberal, except for Roberval which has voted for the Social Credit Party.

Christian Freedom Party of Canada

When evangelist Ken Campbell became leader of the Social Credit Party in 1990, he continued to describe it as the Christian Freedom Party in public addresses.

James Douglas Henderson

Henderson picked up the seat for the Social Credit party defeating incumbent Ronald Ansley who finished a distant third place and Edmonton councilor Ron Hayter who finished fifth.

Because Werner Schmidt lead the Social Credit party from outside the legislature from 1973 to 1975, Henderson was recognized as the Leader of the Opposition for a portion of 1973.