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During his premiership, Aberhart campaigned for and instituted several anti-poverty and debt relief programs, and other governmental reforms, such as consolidation of Alberta's numerous small school districts into centralized school divisions, and natural resources conservation.
Feb 14, 2008 · Learn about the life and career of William Aberhart, a teacher, radio evangelist and premier of Alberta who led the Social Credit movement. Find out about his religious beliefs, his political achievements and controversies, and his legacy.
May 19, 2024 · William Aberhart (born Dec. 30, 1878, Kippen, Ont., Can.—died May 23, 1943, Vancouver, B.C.) was the first Social Credit Party premier of Alberta, during and after the Great Depression. Trained as a teacher, Aberhart was a high-school principal and Protestant lay preacher in Calgary, Alta. (1910–35).
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William Aberhart (1873–1943) was born in Perth County, Ontario. He qualified as a school teacher at the Normal School in Hamilton, Ontario, and began teaching at Central Public School, in Brantford, Ontario, in 1901, becoming principal in 1905.
William Aberhart, also known as "Bible Bill" for his radio sermons about the Bible, was a Canadian politician and the seventh premier of Alberta from 1935 to his death in 1943. He was the founder and first leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party, which believed the Great Depression was caused by ordinary people not having enough to spend.
William Aberhart's original Social Credit Party doctrine was replaced with Manning's more conservative financial and social politics.
