Ken Sweigard
Ken Sweigard | |
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Leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada | |
In office 1983–1986 | |
Preceded by | Martin Hattersley |
Succeeded by | Harvey Lainson |
Personal details | |
Born | September 21, 1919 |
Died | July 11, 2005 Grande Prairie, Alberta | (aged 85)
Occupation | Evangelist |
Kenneth Sweigard (September 21, 1919 – July 11, 2005) was a
In the 1980 election, Social Credit's five remaining Members of Parliament (all from Quebec) were defeated. The party had not had any MPs from its old base of Alberta and British Columbia since 1968.
Sweigard first ran as a Social Credit candidate in the 1980 federal election. Standing in
Sweigard first sought the party's leadership in 1982, when he lost to
Hattersley resigned as leader in June 1983 when the party would not expel three outspoken party members from Alberta, including
Sweigard, who described Keegstra as a "fine Christian gentleman",[3] was elected interim leader by means of a telephone conference call of 17 party members, with 9 votes to 5 votes for party vice-president Richard Lawrence and three for Adrien Lambert.[4]
As leader, he ran in the
Sweigard attempted to win the leadership on a permanent basis at the party's
After losing the leadership, he ran again in the 1988 election in Peace River, where he came in last in a field of six candidates with 354 votes.[7] He died at Grande Prairie in 2005.[8]
References
- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867
- ^ Canadian Press (July 5, 1982). "Monetary system not part of jet age, Socred leader says". Globe and Mail.
- ^ Canadian Press (July 19, 1983). "Socred defends Keegstra". Globe and Mail.
- ^ Canadian Press (July 16, 1983). "Scoreds pick new leader the easy way - use 1½-hour conference call to anoint Alberta evangelist". Globe and Mail.
- ^ a b Bilodeau, Paul (June 22, 1986). "Minister to lead Socreds as Keegstra loses in vote". Toronto Star.
- ^ Oziewicz, Stanley (June 20, 1986). "Bloody but unbowed Socreds gather as Keegstra seeks helm". Globe and Mail.
- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867
- ^ "SWEIGARD, Kenneth". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.