The
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada (french: Parti Crédit social du Canada), colloquially known as the Socreds, was a populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform. It was the federal wing of the Canadi ...
fielded 164 candidates in the
1972 federal election, and won 15 seats to remain as the fourth-largest party in the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
The House of Common ...
. Some of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Ontario
Nickel Belt
Nickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.
Geography
It consists of:
* the part of the Territorial District ...
: Donat Breault
Donat Breault was a miner. He received 534 votes (1.75%), finishing in fourth place against
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic:
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John Rodriguez
John R. Rodriguez (February 12, 1937 – July 5, 2017) was a Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Greater Sudbury, Ontario from 2006 to 2010 and previously represented the electoral district of Nickel Belt in the House of Commons of ...
. During the 1990s, a man named Donat Breault published two short works entitled ''Culottes courtes et pieds nus'' (1992) and ''La Beauté de ma retraite'' (1998) through the
Centre Franco-Ontarien de ressources en alphabétisation.
[Donat Breault, "Culottes courtes et pieds nus", ''Open Library'', accessed 22 May 2009; Roxanne Lépine, "Centre franco-ontarien de ressources en alphabétisation", Automne 1998, accessed 22 May 2009.] It is assumed that this is the same person.
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