biography
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Aberhart, William
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nickname Bible Bill
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pronunciation:
[aberhah(r)t]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1878–1943)
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| biography:
| Canadian politician, born in Huron Co, Ontario, SE Canada. He studied at Queen's University, Kingston, and in 1915 became principal of Crescent Heights School, Calgary, where he remained until 1935. He then became a member of the Alberta legislature, formed his own Social Credit Party, and became provincial premier (1935–43). He had founded the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute in 1918, and his evangelical style of public-speaking gave him his byname. |
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