Ken Sweigard

Ken Sweigard
Ken and Audrey Sweigard
Leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada
In office
1983–1986
Preceded byMartin Hattersley
Succeeded byHarvey Lainson
Personal details
Born(1919-09-21)September 21, 1919
DiedJuly 11, 2005(2005-07-11) (aged 85)
Grande Prairie, Alberta
OccupationEvangelist

Kenneth Sweigard (September 21, 1919 – July 11, 2005) was a Pentecostal evangelist from Grande Prairie, Alberta, and politician who led the Social Credit Party of Canada from 1983 to 1986.

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 Peace River, Alberta, he came in fifth place with 462 votes. He placed behind the three major parties and the candidate for the Rhinoceros Party of Canada candidate, Allan Cavanagh.[1]

Sweigard first sought the party's leadership in 1982, when he lost to Martin Hattersley. Sweigard attended the party's leadership convention dressed as U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, wearing a top hat and carrying a walking stick. His entourage, dressed in 1860s style, held placards reading "Free the Slaves" and chanted "Free the economic slaves", a reference to the social credit theory of monetary reform and opposition to the charging of interest on borrowed money.[2]

Hattersley resigned as leader in June 1983 when the party would not expel three outspoken party members from Alberta, including Jim Keegstra who had been accused of anti-Semitism.

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 1984 election in Timiskaming, placing last with 151 votes. Nationally, under his leadership, the party suffered what was, at the time, its worst performance to date receiving only 16,659 votes nationwide.

Sweigard attempted to win the leadership on a permanent basis at the party's national convention in 1986 but fared poorly, despite telling delegates that he had been visited by an angel who had endorsed his candidacy.[5] Sweigard received only 9 of 114 votes,[5] finishing well behind winning candidate Harvey Lainson and runner-up Jim Keegstra.[6]

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

  1. ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867
  2. ^ Canadian Press (July 5, 1982). "Monetary system not part of jet age, Socred leader says". Globe and Mail.
  3. ^ Canadian Press (July 19, 1983). "Socred defends Keegstra". Globe and Mail.
  4. ^ Canadian Press (July 16, 1983). "Scoreds pick new leader the easy way - use 1½-hour conference call to anoint Alberta evangelist". Globe and Mail.
  5. ^ a b Bilodeau, Paul (June 22, 1986). "Minister to lead Socreds as Keegstra loses in vote". Toronto Star.
  6. ^ Oziewicz, Stanley (June 20, 1986). "Bloody but unbowed Socreds gather as Keegstra seeks helm". Globe and Mail.
  7. ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867
  8. ^ "SWEIGARD, Kenneth". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.

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