The Social Credit Party of Canada fielded 230 candidates in the 1962 Canadian federal election, and unexpectedly won 30 seats to become the third-largest party in the House of Commons of Canada. Most of the party's success came in the province of Quebec, where Real Caouette led a populist campaign under the Social Credit banner. Information about the party's candidates may be found on this page.
Roger H. Poiron was a farmer, [1] and had previously been an "Independent Social Credit" candidate in a 1955 provincial by-election. Social Credit had not planned to field a candidate on that occasion, but Poiron entered the race without consulting the party; although not technically an official candidate, he nonetheless received support from its organization. He was described as a young man in a 1955 newspaper report. [2]
Poiron continued to farm in Somerset after 1962. In 1993, he expressed skepticism about provincial Agriculture Minister Harry Enns's declaration that Manitoba farm incomes would reach an all-time high that year. [3]
Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
provincial by-election, 27 June 1955 | Mountain | Independent Social Credit | 201 | 5.56 | 3/3 | Walter Clark, Liberal-Progressive |
1962 federal | Lisgar | Social Credit | 3,492 | 3/4 | George Muir, Progressive Conservative |
The Social Credit Party of Canada fielded 230 candidates in the 1962 Canadian federal election, and unexpectedly won 30 seats to become the third-largest party in the House of Commons of Canada. Most of the party's success came in the province of Quebec, where Real Caouette led a populist campaign under the Social Credit banner. Information about the party's candidates may be found on this page.
Roger H. Poiron was a farmer, [1] and had previously been an "Independent Social Credit" candidate in a 1955 provincial by-election. Social Credit had not planned to field a candidate on that occasion, but Poiron entered the race without consulting the party; although not technically an official candidate, he nonetheless received support from its organization. He was described as a young man in a 1955 newspaper report. [2]
Poiron continued to farm in Somerset after 1962. In 1993, he expressed skepticism about provincial Agriculture Minister Harry Enns's declaration that Manitoba farm incomes would reach an all-time high that year. [3]
Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
provincial by-election, 27 June 1955 | Mountain | Independent Social Credit | 201 | 5.56 | 3/3 | Walter Clark, Liberal-Progressive |
1962 federal | Lisgar | Social Credit | 3,492 | 3/4 | George Muir, Progressive Conservative |