Rallying creditist

Several political parties with the Quebec (Canada) belonged to the Mouvement Canadian creditist and took part in the federal elections. There were various parties at various times, all more or less adhering to the theory social Crédit; their degree of affiliation with the Parti social Credit Canada was also variable.

The greatest success obtained by a party Québécois creditist at the provincial level was the Ralliement creditist of Quebec , which gains 12 seats at the time of the Québécois general election of 1970.

Union of the voters

The movement creditist appears initially with the Quebec under the name of the Union of the voters , founded in 1939 by Louis Even and Gilberte Side-Draper. At the time of the federal election of 1940 it introduces two candidates, Louis Even and Armand Turpin, under the banner of the movement pancanadien Nouvelle Democracy. Even gains 17% of the voices and finishes third in the district of Lake-Saint-Jean— Roberval. Turpin finishes second with more than 31,8% of the voices in Hull.

The Union of the voters introduces several candidates at the time of the Québécois election of 1944, but does not gain any seat. At the time of the general election of 1948, the party succeeds in gaining 9,25% of the voices on the scale of the province, but once again does not succeed in making elect of deputy.

Réal Caouette gains a by-election in 1946 under the banner of the party and seat as a Député with the House of Commons of Canada. It does not succeed in however being made re-elect in the federal election of 1949 at the time which the party introduces 56 candidates. None is elected. The party ends up sinking in the lapse of memory.

Even and Mercier also found a catholic group called “ Pilgrims of Saint Michel ”, based in Rougement (Quebec), which continues to preach a mixture of monetary reform according to the theory of the social credit and of catholic conservatism. The Pilgrims publish the newspaper About Demain , which carries various titles in several languages. Founded in 1939, the group is called “ the berets blancs ” because of the cover-chiefs carried by its members.

Electoral results

Candidate of the voters

At the time of the federal election of 1957 and the federal election of 1958, Réal Caouette directs a group of candidates under this name, but none manages to be made elect.

Liberal candidate of the voters

At the time of the federal election of 1962 and federal election of 1963, an small group which had separated from the Rallying of the creditists, the Québécois wing of the Parti social Credit Canada, present of the candidates under the name of Liberal candidate of the voters, without success. The candidate of 1962, J. - Edouard Pharon, receives 1800 votes — 500 of more than the official candidate of the social Credit.

Rallying of the creditists of Canada

Réal Caouette had been unconditional movement creditist since 1939 when it had joined the movement and had been candidate for the Union of the voters. He gains a by-election in 1946 and becomes appointed with the House of Commons, but east demolishes at the time of the following general election. He was a true believer in the theory of the social Crédit and spoke about it in its speeches with a charisma quasi-evangelic.

The May 4th 1958, it breaks avce the founders of the Union of the voters Louis Even and Gilberte Side-Draper and forms the Ralliement of the creditists of Canada as it Québécois of the Parti social Credit Canada. Caouette is named chief of the new formation. Its speeches on television attract a very great number of partisans to him. In 1961, Caouette is candidate with the direction of the Party national social Credit, but east demolishes by Robert NR. Thompson.

Thanks to the talent of speaker of Caouette, the social Credit makes a breakthrough at the time of the federal election of 1962, gaining 26 seats with the Quebec. Only 4 deputies creditists are elected in the remainder of Canada.

Thompson refuses to leave the post of head of the national party after 1962, even if the caucus creditist came in very great majority from Quebec and regarded Caouette as its chief. Thompson names Caouette assistant chief of the party.

This tension leads to a schism: in 1963, the Québécois wing becomes independent of the party in the remainder of the country under the name of Ralliement of the creditists . Of the 20 deputies creditists elected in Quebec at the time of the election of 1963, 13 join Caouette within the independent Rallying, 5 are presented to the following election as independent and 2 unite with the Parti progressist-conservative of Canada.

The Rallying takes part in the election of 1965 as an independent party. In 1967, Thompson makes defection towards the progressist-conservatives.

Electoral results

Rallying creditist

In October 1967, the Rallying of the creditists changes his name into Ralliement creditist .

At the time of the federal election of 1968, the Party social Credit does not gain any seat with the House of Commons, while the Rallying creditist of Réal Caouette makes elect several deputies.

The January 25th 1970, the Rallying federal creditist founds a provincial wing in Quebec, the Ralliement creditist of Quebec, to take part in the provincial elections.

In 1971, Caouette and the Rallying creditist return to the Parti social Credit of Canada, and Caouette is elected national chief.

Electoral results

Sources

the distribution of the voices to the general elections — National Assembly of Quebec

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