Charles-Arthur Gauthier was a long time Canadian

Canada

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 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for the Social Credit Party

Social Credit Party of Canada

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 and Ralliement Créditiste

Ralliement créditiste

Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. There were various parties at different times with different names at the provincial level, all broadly following the social credit philosophy; at various times they had...

. Gauthier, an undertaker, was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 representing Roberval, Quebec

Roberval, Quebec

Roberval is a city on the south-western shore of Lac Saint-Jean in the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. With a population of 10,544 in the Canada 2006 Census, it is the third largest city on this lake after Alma and Dolbeau-Mistassini.It is the seat of the...

 in the 1962 election

Canadian federal election, 1962

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. In 1963, he and numerous other Quebec Socred MPs joined Réal Caouette

Réal Caouette

David Réal Caouette was a Canadian politician from Quebec. He was a Member of Parliament and leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada and founder of the Ralliement des créditistes...

 in forming the Ralliement Créditiste, a Quebec breakaway from the federal Social Credit Party

Social Credit Party of Canada split, 1963

The split between Ralliement des créditistes, which was the Quebec wing of the Social Credit Party of Canada, and the national organization had its roots in a long-standing dispute between the de facto leader of the Ralliement, Réal Caouette, and the party’s national leader, Robert N. Thompson...

 that rejoined the federal party in 1971.

Gauthier was acting leader of the Social Credit Party following the resignation of Gilles Caouette

Gilles Caouette

Gilles Caouette was a Canadian politician and Member of Parliament.Caouette was born in Rouyn, Quebec. His father, Réal Caouette, was a prominent Social Credit politician, and leader of the Ralliement créditiste and later the Social Credit Party of Canada.Gilles followed in his father’s...

 in 1978 and again in 1979 following the resignation of Lorne Reznowski

Lorne Reznowski

Lorne Reznowski was a professor of English at the University of Manitoba and leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada.A one-time national secretary of the Social Credit Party, Reznowski once worked for former Socred leader Robert N...

. Gauthier said he did not wish to lead the party into an election and Fabien Roy

Fabien Roy

Fabien Roy was a politician in Quebec, Canada, in the 1970s. Roy was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec and the Canadian House of Commons, and advocated social credit theories of monetary reform.-Background:...

 was drafted as leader. Gauthier retained his seat in the 1979 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1979

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 but was defeated in the 1980 election

Canadian federal election, 1980

The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...

that wiped out the party.

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