Bob Thompson Talks to You About the Most Important Decision You’ll Make as a Canadian…

A single sheet of folded card stock measuring 7.25x15.25 - 18.5x38.5 cm.

Covers sunned and lightly soiled, corners bumped. Back cover marked in ink. Interior sunned.

This pamphlet contains a brief 1965 election message from Bob Thompson – the leader of Canada’s Social Credit Party – for residents of Saskatchewan’s Mackenzie electoral riding. Catering to the party’s strong provincial showings in Western Canada while acknowledging the unlikeliness of a federal victory, Thompson describes Social Credit support as a protest vote and himself as strategically positioned in a minority government. This pamphlet encourages Prince Albert residents to vote for John Dashchuk in their Mackenzie riding. A piece of political memorabilia from the tail end of Thompson’s Social Credit career, and an implicit testimony to the challenges that the party faced in the wake of its French-English language split.