Which political party won victories in the Canadian governments of Alberta in 1935 and British Columbia in 1952?
British Columbia Social Credit Party leadership elections British Columbia Social Credit Party leadership elections The British Columbia Social Credit Party was a conservative political party in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The provincial Social Credit movement was divided in its early years and was largely under the influence of the Alberta Social Credit League and did not have a functional leadership before 1952. The 1952 leadership convention was held when the party was largely dominated by the Alberta leadership of the national social credit movement. Alberta Premier Ernest Manning hand-picked Ernest George Hansell to lead the BC party into the election despite the fact that Hansell
Socialist Party of British Columbia Socialist Party of British Columbia The Socialist Party of British Columbia (SPBC) (later Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia)) was a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada, from 1901 to 1905. In 1903, the SPBC won seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The SPC never won seats in the House of Commons of Canada. The editor of the SPBC newspaper, "The Western Clarion," was E.T. Kingsley, a prominent Canadian socialist. It merged with other groups in 1905 to form a national political party, the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC). In 1911, the Socialist Party of Canada (BC