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Bennett opened a hardware store in 1927, in partnership with another man, and married May
Bennett soon afterwards. Bennett was able to sell his interest just before the 1929 Stock Market crash. He decided to leave the tough Alberta economic conditions and moved with his family to the Okanagan Valley,
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to jointly manage this important resource. While the signatories were the federal governments of Canada and the United States, Premier
Bennett was reported to have played a major part in the negotiations. Under treaty provisions, the U.S. paid British Columbia C$ 275 million (plus interest) for the
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Gzowski, Bennett claimed that most premiers were in agreement about the negative aspects of equalization payments. Bennett believed that they led to more government "bureaucracy". Bennett favoured direct payments to those in need and advocated for negative income
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Bennett proposed that Canada be considered as a group of regions instead of provinces: Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Western Canada, and BC. He also proposed that the four western provinces be expanded north, with BC absorbing the Yukon
Territory. Although there was no formal reorganization of
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Trudeau implemented bilingualism because he was a Quebecâoriented politician who was mainly interested in promoting and protecting French Canada. During an off the cuff remark at an Ontario Liberal rally, Pierre Trudeau referred to
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British Columbia's new premier. Bennett, one of only three Socred MLAs who had any previous experience in the legislature, was elected party leader and premier-designate on July 15, 1952. Of the 19 votes cast, Bennett received 10, another
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Premier of British Columbia; he was repeatedly reelected and served for 20 years. In order to get a stronger mandate, Bennett deliberately engineered the defeat of his initial minority government; he forced
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Pasquale "Cap" Capozzi established a wine-making company to produce wine from the vast surplus of Okanagan apples that were going to waste during the Depression. Three years later Bennett and Capozzi, both
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during W. A. C. Bennett's involvement and leadership: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1966, and 1969. The only election Bennett lost as a member of Social Credit was in 1972, the last election in which he was a candidate.
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After failing in his bid to become leader of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party in 1951, Bennett left the party to sit as an independent member. In December of that year, he took out a membership in the
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In 1964, the Province of British Columbia provided the Province of Quebec with a $ 100 million loan. $ 60 million from that loan went to Hydro-Québec. The loan faced controversy in the Quebec legislature.
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downstream power generation rights over the following 30 years. BC used the money to fund construction of dams on the Columbia River for power generation and flood control.
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Vintage Canada : the complete reference to Canadian wines
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1073:W.A.C. Bennett and the rise of British Columbia
712:. Bennett was instrumental in establishing the
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1017:(3rd ed.). Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
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1420:"A Letter From The Publisher: Sep. 30, 1966"
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2076:Abolitionist Party of Canada
1605:Premiers of British Columbia
1364:. The Canadian Press. 1964.
1307:Walz, Jay (April 21, 1972).
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606:The Social Credit Party won
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338:William Andrew Cecil Bennett
300:Annie Elizabeth May Richards
242:William Andrew Cecil Bennett
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1851:Premier of British Columbia
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752:Intergovernmental relations
632:Alberta Social Credit Party
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366:Bank of British Columbia
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2121:Parti crédit social uni
2116:Pauper Party of Ontario
1254:"Columbia River Treaty"
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867:Simon Fraser University
851:postage stamp of Canada
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402:Richard Bedford Bennett
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659:"Flying Phil" Gaglardi
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1189:Canadian Encyclopedia
1009:Aspler, Tony (1999).
951:Tozer, Anita (1976).
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2197:Douglas Credit Party
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108:Frank Mackenzie Ross
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833:W.R. "Bill" Bennett
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678:Minister of Finance
573:minority government
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