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William Aberhart baby found!

William Aberhart was Premier of Alberta from 1935 to 1943.
William Aberhart was Premier of Alberta from 1935 to 1943.
Social Credit supporters named election night baby, William Aberhart Holman, after radical Alberta premier

Amidst the celebratory headlines, a tiny box on the bottom right corner of the front page noted a milestone for another William Aberhart – William Aberhart Holman. It was a birth notice.

Titled ‘First Social Credit Baby,’ the one-paragraph notice announced that a Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Holman gave birth to a child at Griffiths Lake at 10:30 p.m. on the night of the senior Aberhart’s electoral win. The Social Credit-supporting couple decided to mark the moment by naming the baby after Alberta’s new premier.

“Hearty congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Holman from the Chronicle and all Social Credit Supporters” the short noticed concluded.

Read all about it on the Daveberta Substack

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