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Alberta Originals: Stories of Albertans Who Made a Difference

Alberta Originals: Stories of Albertans Who Made a Difference

Brennan, Brian

Paperback

Historical FiguresCanadian History

ISBN10: 1974127427
ISBN13: 9781974127429
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 31 2017
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
William Bible Bill Aberhart is remembered as one of the oddest political leaders in Canadian history. During the Great Depression, he emerged from the obscurity of a religious sect he founded himself to preach a radical new economic doctrine. He fulfilled none of his pre-election promises during his eight years as premier. Yet the force of his personality was such that at the time of his death, while still serving in office, he had more believers than doubters. The political dynasty he established - the world's first Social Credit government - remained in power in Alberta for another 28 years.

Unlike Aberhart, the Alberta women known as the Famous Five actually did achieve something significant, aside from getting their names into the history books. They lobbied successfully for the constitutional change that resulted in Canadian women, hitherto disenfranchised, becoming eligible for Senate appointments.

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