Bankers' Toadies incident
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The Bankers' Toadies incident occurred in 1937 in the Canadian province of Alberta when a pamphlet advocating the extermination of nine men identified as "bankers' toadies" was distributed to Members
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King refused to grant clemency to the convicted Social Crediters.
Social Credit Board
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The Social Credit Board was a committee in Alberta, Canada, from 1937 until 1948. Composed of Social Credit backbenchers in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, it was created in the aftermath of the
Bankers' Toadies incident
…Edmonton headquarters and seized thousands of copies of the pamphlet. Joseph Unwin, an MLA and Social Credit whip, and George Frederick Powell, a Social Credit Board advisor, were arrested and charged with defamatory libel and counselling to murder. Both were convicted of libel and Justice William Carlos Ives sentenced…
The Social Credit Board was a concession by William Aberhart to stay in power in the wake of the 1937 Social Credit backbenchers' revolt.
Though C. H. Douglas declined to come to Alberta himself, he sent two assistants to advise the Social Credit Board.
The government of Ernest Manning proved less tolerant of the board than Aberhart's had.