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Ralliement créditiste
(Social Credit Rally)
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The social credit ideology is born of the economical theories of a british engineer: Major Douglas. It's theories stipulated that the State should grant people a credit (the "social credit") which would allow them to spend more and, thus, to revitalize the economy. These ideas were propagated first in Canada by a teacher from Alberta, William Aberhart, in the 1930's. Beyond it's economical and monetary theories, it was a right wing, conservative movement, just like the rural backgrount where it was born.
Union des électeurs (Union of Electors)
The creditist ideology have been promoted by two political parties in Quebec. First, a social movement, the Union des électeurs have been founded in 1939 by Louis Even and Gilberte Côté-Mercier and presented candidates during the 1945 and 1949 federal elections, as well as for the 1944 and 1948 general elections in Quebec, but didn't succees, however, to elect a Member of the Legislative Assembly. It disappeared at the end of the 1950's after an new political party was created on the federal scene by Réal Caouette in 1957: the Ralliement des créditistes, which presented candidates for the federal elections in 1960 and 1962 and from 1970 to 1976, with some success.
Ralliement créditiste (Social Credit Rally)
In 1970 was founded a Quebec wing for the Ralliement des créditistes: the Ralliement créditiste du Québec.
After becoming the Parti créditiste (Social Credit
Party) in 1973, a split occured between the two main leaders: Camil Samson and Fabien
Roy. Both founded it's own party for the 1976 general election: the Ralliement
créditiste and the Parti national populaire (People's
National Party).
Following Camil Samson's reelection in 1976, he dissolved the Ralliement créditiste on November, 1978, after having founded, along with former Federal Minister Pierre Sévigny, the Les Démocrates (The Democrats) Party, qui fut which got renamed Parti démocrate créditiste (Democratic Creditist Party) on January, 1980. The party got disbanded after Camil Samson joinded the Parti libéral du Québec parliamentary group on September, 1980.
| Former Leaders: | Mr. Camil Samson 1970-1972 |
| Mr. Armand Bois 1972-1973 | |
| Mr. Yvon Dupuis 1973-1974 | |
| Mr. Camil Samson 1974-1980 |
Parti Crédit social uni (Québec) (United Social Credit (Quebec))
Quebec wing of the Social Credit Party of Canada, the Parti Crédit social uni (Québec) obtained the status of authorized political party on September, 1979. The party disappeared following the 1989 General Election.
| Former Leaders: | Mr. Jean-Paul Poulin 1987-1994 |
Other political parties of creditist ideology
Parti national populaire (People's National Party): see Parti national populaire.
Parti présidentiel (Presidential Party): The Parti présidentiel was founded in May, 1974 by Yvon Dupuis, former federal minister, following his dismissal as Leader of the Parti créditiste, whose he had been elected as Leader one year earlier. Dupuis resigned as Leader of the Parti présidentiel on October of the same year and was replaced by former MNA Yvon Brochu. The Parti présidentiel merged with the Union nationale on May, 1975, without having ever run a single candidate in an election.
Parti réformateur (Reform Party): The Parti réformateur was founded in December, 1976 by former MNA Armand Bois. The party was disbanded a few time later without having ever run a single candidate in an election.
Election Results:
| General Election | Votes (%) | Candidates (n) | MNAs (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8, 1944 (UE) | 1,14 | 11/90 | 0 |
| July 28, 1948 (UE) | 9,24 | 91/91 | 0 |
| July 16, 1952 | 0,00 | 0/92 | 0 |
| June 20, 1956 | 0,00 | 0/93 | 0 |
| June 22, 1960 | 0,00 | 0/95 | 0 |
| November 14, 1962 | 0,00 | 0/95 | 0 |
| June 5, 1966 | 0,00 | 0/108 | 0 |
| April 29, 1970 (RC) | 11,19 | 99/108 | 12 |
| October 29, 1973 (PC) | 9,92 | 109/110 | 2 |
| November 15, 1976 (RC/PNP) | 4,63 0,92 |
109/110 36/110 |
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| April 13, 1981 (CSU) | 0,04 | 16/122 | 0 |
| December 2, 1985 (CSU) | 0,05 | 12/122 | 0 |
| September 25, 1989 (CSU) | 0,09 | 11/125 | 0 |
Last update: August 20, 2006