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  William Aberhart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Aberhart was born on a farm near Kippen, Ontario.
Aberhart taught public school in several areas in Southern Ontario, including Wingham and Brantford, and was appointed Principal of Brantford Central Public School in 1905.
Although Aberhart was unable to gain complete control of Alberta's banks, his government eventually gained a foothold in the province's financial industry by creating the Alberta Treasury Branches in 1938.
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 Station Information - William Aberhart
The Honourable William Aberhart (December 30, 1878 - May 23, 1943), also known as Bible Bill, was a Canadian politician and Social Credit Premier of Alberta between 1935 and 1943.
In 1918, Aberhart began a Bible study group in Calgary, Alberta which grew steadily year-by-year; by 1923, the Palace Theatre had to be rented to accomodate those interested in Aberhart's message.
Aberhart died unexpected on May 23, 1943 during a visit to Vancouver, British Columbia.
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 William Aberhart Family History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
William went to school at #7 Hibbert Twp but by the time he was ready for high school, the family was living on the Mill Road so he walked into Seaforth.
William then went to Normal School and his first school as a teacher was at #7 Morris Twp, a small rural school near Wingham, ON.
William was a tireless worker and he combined his phenomenal energy with systematic efficiency, rare talents in oratory, a remarkable abiliy to gauge public opinion and great compassion for his fellowman.
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 Aberhart, William   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Aberhart began his career as a school teacher and lay preacher in Brantford, Ontario.
Although Aberhart himself did not run in the elections, he promoted Social Credit so successfully that the party won 56 of the 63 seats in the legislature.
Aberhart remained premier until his death, though he was unable to fulfil his promised reforms.
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 William Aberhart Biography / Biography of William Aberhart Biography Biography
As premier of the province of Alberta, Canada, from 1935 to 1943, William Aberhart (1878-1943) was the first political leader who made the theories of social credit a basis for government.
William Aberhart was born on a farm in Huron County, Ontario, on Dec. 30, 1878.
In 1915 Aberhart was appointed principal of a new high school in a prosperous, middle-class area.
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 Aberhart, William   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Aberhart ouvre une école pour former des pasteurs et des missionnaires afin de promouvoir le fondamentalisme.
Aberhart modifie et vulgarise cette doctrine en une proposition selon laquelle chaque citoyen reçoit une « dividende de base » de 25 $ par mois pour acheter les articles de base.
Aberhart meurt en 1943 alors qu'il est au pouvoir.
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 MSN Encarta - Multimedia - William Aberhart
William Aberhart, known as “Bible Bill,” first gained recognition in Alberta as a radio evangelist.
During the Great Depression in the 1930s he founded the Social Credit Party, which argued that the government should issue credits to increase consumer spending power.
In 1935 Aberhart was elected premier of Alberta, but the Canadian federal courts largely overturned his monetary policies.
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 Aberhart William: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE KING The Prism of Unity William Lyon MACKENZIE KING 1932-1939 The Prism of Unity...continues the biography begun by R. MacGregor Dawson, William Lyon Mackenzie King, I : 1874-1923: A Political Biography...
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In 1935, William Aberhart became premier of the first Social Credit government...Credit administrations were elected for years after Aberharts death in 1943, but their attempts to reform banking...
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 William Aberhart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
William Aberhart, the man who brought Social Credit to Alberta, was well-known even before he went into politics.
Aberhart was determined to subdue his opponents, notably the newspapers and the banks.
Premier William Aberhart of Alberta died May 23, 1943, and so ends the career of one of the strangest political figures ever to appear in the public life of Canada.
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 The Honourable William Aberhart
William Aberhart was appointed Principal of Central Public School in 1905.
William Aberhart began broadcasting his Sunday afternoon lectures on the radio.
November 3, 1935, a by-election was held in the electoral district of Okotoks-High River, and William Aberhart was elected by acclamation.
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 The Premier vs. The Consitution - William Aberhart (1878-1943)
Alberta’s seventh premier, William “Bible Bill” Aberhart, was a former teacher and radio evangelist who embraced the economic reforms of Major C.H. Douglas’s Social Credit movement and chiefly through the economic doctrine left his mark in Alberta.
Moving in 1910 to Calgary, Aberhart became a school principal, continued his religious teaching, all of which led to his 1925 appointment as Dean of a bible institute, later called the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute.
Aberhart’s party won in a landslide, and became the world’s first Social Credit government, taking 56 of 63 seats in the legislature.
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 Calgary & Southern Alberta - William Aberhart’s Social Credit Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Educated at Queen’s University, Aberhart was a Brantford, Ontario, school principal before moving to Alberta in 1910.
Converted to Social Credit in 1932, "Bible Bill" Aberhart preached social credit on his radio show as a way to end the Depression.
Aberhart remained the leader of the Social Credit Party until his death in 1943.
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 The Honourable William Aberhart, 1935-43
William Aberhart was born on December 30, 1878, on a farm near Kippen in Hibbert Township, Perth County, Ontario.
Although he had not presented himself as a candidate at the 1935 provincial election, because he was Leader of the Social Credit Party, effective September 3, 1935, William Aberhart was appointed Premier of the Province of Alberta by Lieutenant-Governor William L. Walsh.
Subsequently, on November 3, 1935, a by-election was held in the electoral district of Okotoks-High River, and William Aberhart was elected by acclamation.
www.assembly.ab.ca /lao/library/premiers/aberhart.htm   (725 words)

  
 Aberhart, William --  Encyclopædia Britannica
As William II he was also count of Holland, succeeding his father, Count Floris IV, in 1234.
With Meriwether Lewis, William Clark led the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 to 1806 from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River.
William Harvey's studies were the beginnings of the science of physiology.
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 Professionally wirtten biography of William Aberhart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
As premier of the province of Alberta, Canada, from 1935 to 1943, William Aberhart (1878-1943) was the first political leader who made the theories of social credit a basis for government.William Aberhart was born on a farm in Huron County, Ontario, on Dec. 30, 1878.
In the same year he moved with his wife and two daughters to Calgary, Alberta.In 1915 Aberhart was appointed principal of a new high school in a prosperous, middle-class area.
Further Reading Much of Aberhart's career may be traced in numerous volumes on social credit; his character is examined in John A. Irving, The Social Credit Movement in Alberta (1959).
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 The Glenbow Museum > Fred Kennedy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
William Aberhart's Sunday radio addresses from the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute.
William Aberhart's reply to Speech from the Throne.
William Aberhart's speeches and stand on freedom of the press.
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 TESTIMONIES OF KING JAMES BIBLE DEFENDERS - WILLIAM ABERHART   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Williams ignores the fact that many King James Bible defenders have scholarly credentials at least equal to that of the contributors to From the Mind of God to the Mind of Man.
William Aberhart (1878-1943) stood for the Received Text and the King James Bible in western Canada during the first half of the twentieth century.
William Aberhart was a high school principal, pastor, Bible school dean, radio Bible teacher, and a greatly beloved political leader.
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 Bible Bill: A Biography of William Aberhart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
William Aberhart (1878-1943), a high school principal and fundamentalist radio...
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 William Aberhart Biography
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 William Aberhart Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Macleans.ca | Top Stories | History | Big West country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
One of its key proponents was William Aberhart.
My father was a teenager living on his family's homestead near Rosetown, Sask., when he heard one of Aberhart's broadcasts and "committed his life to Christ," as Aberhart urged his listeners to do.
He later became Aberhart's executive assistant, in the process meeting my mother, a concert pianist who helped Aberhart with the musical portion of his radio program.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - William Aberhart
The Great Depression—the global economic collapse that began in 1929—led to widespread social unrest in Canada and the formation of new political...
Tell, William, legendary Swiss patriot of the 14th century.
According to tradition, Tell refused to salute the cap of Gessler, the despotic Austrian...
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 CNW Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
William Aberhart High School and ENMAX strike educational partnership
CALGARY, Nov. 9 /CNW/ - William Aberhart High School and ENMAX Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary ENMAX Energy, today announced a new program, the ENMAX Centre of Excellence, focused on Career Pathways and environmental education, specifically in the area of recycling, and fostering leadership skills in Calgary high school students.
William Aberhart and Lord Beaverbrook are the first of the Calgary and area high schools involved in the program.
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 Aberhart, William --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
Aberhart, William --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
Aberhart was a high school principal in Calgary, Alta. (1915–35).
When his party won a majority in the 1935 provincial election, he became premier and minister of education, but his social-credit proposals were disallowed by the federal government.
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 AllRefer.com - William Aberhart (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - William Aberhart (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
William Aberhart[A´burhArt] Pronunciation Key, 1878–1943, premier of Alberta, Canada, b.
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 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Aberhart William
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Aberhart, William (1878-1943), Canadian statesman, and premier of the province of Alberta (1935-1943).
In the south, ranching predominated; farther north, the principal crop was wheat.
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