Social Credit Party Of Canada Split, 1963

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The split between Ralliement des créditistes, which was the Quebec wing of the Social Credit Party of Canada, and the national organization had its roots in a long-standing dispute between the de facto leader of the Ralliement, Réal Caouette, and the party's national leader, Robert N. Thompson. At the party's 1960 leadership convention, Thompson defeated Caouette for the leadership, and named him deputy leader of the party. The relationship was strained, however, and the strain was exacerbated when the party lost most of its seats in English-speaking parts of Canada in the 1963 federal election. Only Thompson and three others were elected outside of Quebec, while 20 Socreds were elected in Quebec. The two factions of the party were not re-united until October 1971.

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