History was made on this date in Alberta in 1935 with the election of the legendary William “Bible Bill” Aberhart and his Social Credit party colleagues to office. Aberhart, a graduate of Queen’s University and educator, would become the province’s 7th Premier.
A radio evangelist, Aberhart and his Social Credit theories offered hope to many in Western Canadian as the Great Depression raged. He famously once even attempted to convert the visiting Queen Elizabeth to the Social Credit cause.
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Bible Bill Aberhart/caption
Premier Aberhart would lead his province until his sudden death in 1943. He was succeeded by Ernest Manning and Social Credit would remain in office in Alberta until 1971.
You can learn more about this fascinating Albertan and his Social Credit theories, thanks to the Canadian Encyclopedia, at this link.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.
Bible Bill Aberhart/caption
Premier Aberhart would lead his province until his sudden death in 1943. He was succeeded by Ernest Manning and Social Credit would remain in office in Alberta until 1971.
You can learn more about this fascinating Albertan and his Social Credit theories, thanks to the Canadian Encyclopedia, at this link.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.