Louis Even was a lay Christian leader and publisher who founded the social credit

Social Credit

Social Credit is an economic philosophy developed by C. H. Douglas , a British engineer, who wrote a book by that name in 1924. Social Credit is described by Douglas as "the policy of a philosophy"; he called his philosophy "practical Christianity"...

 movement in Quebec

Quebec

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. He co-founded and led the Pilgrims of Saint Michael

Pilgrims of Saint Michael

The Pilgrims of St. Michael is a Roman Catholic organization in Canada that promotes social credit economic theories in Canada and other countries.The Pilgims of St...

, better known as the white berets, with Gilberte Côté-Mercier and was a founder of the Union of Electors, a predecessor of 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...

's 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...

.

In 1940, he ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 as a New Democracy

New Democracy (Canada)

New Democracy was a political party in Canada founded by William Duncan Herridge in 1939. Herridge, a former Conservative party adviser who was Canada's Envoy to the United States from 1931-35 during the government of R. B. Bennett....

 canadidate in Lake St-John—Roberval

Lake St-John—Roberval

Lake St. John—Roberval was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons.This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Lake St. John riding. It consisted of the counties of Lake St. John East and Lake St...

and came in third with over 3,000 votes.

External links

• Louis Even biographical notes from the Pilgrims of St. Michael