Talk:Ralliement créditiste
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A comment on the name: calling the federal party the "Ralliement creditiste" is an example of presentism, i.e., applying present day standards to an historical event. The English-language newspapers of the day (at least in the 1965 election) called it the "Social Credit Rally" to distringuish it from Thompson's "Social Credit Party". It would be interesting to know if Caouette's party ever published anything in English, and, if so, what name they used. The party did run candidates in Ontario and NewBrunswick, and, although there candidates were francophones running in largely francophone ridings, it would not be surprising if they used English-language ior bilingual campaign materials. Kevintoronto 18:53, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)
It seems this party held six seats in the 31st Canadian parliament, elected in 1979. There is no mention in the article; could someone more familiar with the situation fill this in? Radagast 17:53, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
- Not quite, although the confusion is understandable. "In 1971, Caouette and the Ralliement créditiste rejoined the Social Credit Party of Canada, and Caouette was elected national leader." The party that held six seats was the Social Credit Party of Canada, although that party, by 1979, had become a largely Quebec-based party, as the Ralliement créditiste had been. Ground Zero | t 18:08, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
- I have made the necessary changes to 31st Canadian parliament, 30th Canadian parliament and 29th Canadian parliament, which were incorrect. Thanks for catching the error. Ground Zero | t 18:18, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
