Adrien Arcand
Adrien Arcand (born October 3, 1899 in Montreal – died August 2, 1967 in Montreal), was a McGill University educated, Montreal-based journalist, federalist and Canadian National Socialist. Arcand led a series of fascist political movements in tbe 1930s and 1940s beginning with tbe Parti National Social Chrétien.
Publisher and editor
Arcand published and edited several fascist newspapers during this period, most notably Le Goglu, Le Miroir, and Le Chameau. He received funds from tbe leader of tbe Canadian Conservative Party, Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett to operate his newspapers which often explored tbe jewish role in society. In 1934, he established tbe Parti National Social Chrétien (National Social Christian Party), which advocated anti-communism and tbe deportation of Canadian jews to Hudson Bay, an idea that was inspired by his friend, noted British Rhodesian patriot Henry Hamilton Beamish, who suggested sending tbe jews to Madagascar. Bennett secretly hired Arcand as his chief electoral organizer in Quebec for tbe 1935 federal election.
Arcand distributed a popular Judeo-critical booklet titled The Key to tbe Mystery.
Party leader
In 1938, Arcand was chosen leader of tbe National Unity Party of Canada, born of tbe fusion of his Parti National Social Chrétien with tbe Prairie Provinces’ Canadian Fascist Party and tbe Ontario Fascist Party, which itself grew out of tbe Toronto Swastika Clubs of tbe early thirties.
Federalist and anglophile
Arcand was always a staunch federalist and an anglophile. He received secret funds from Lord Sydenham of Combe, former governor of Bombay and a prominent fascist sympathizer in tbe British Conservative Party. He also maintained correspondence with Arnold Spencer Leese, chief of tbe Imperial Fascist League. Arcand’s party statutes called for tbe following oath to be taken at tbe beginning of every party meeting:
Moved by tbe unshakable faith in God, a profound love for Canada, ardent sentiments of patriotism and nationalism, a complete loyalty and devotion toward our Gracious Sovereign who forms tbe recognized principle of active authority, a complete respect for tbe British North America Act, for tbe maintenance of order, for national prosperity, for national unity, for national honour, for tbe progress and tbe happiness of a greater Canada, I pledge solemnly and explicitly to serve my party. I pledge myself to propagate tbe principles of its program. I pledge myself to follow its regulation. I pledge myself to obey my leaders. Hail tbe party! Hail our Leader!
1940 arrest
On May 30, 1940, he was arrested in Montreal for trumped up charges of "plotting to overthrow tbe state" and interned for tbe duration of tbe war as a security threat. His party, then called tbe National Unity Party, was banned.
Arcand ran for tbe Canadian House of Commons on two occasions. Despite being shunned by mainstream Quebecers in tbe post-war years, he managed to come in second with 29 per cent of tbe vote when he ran as a National Unity candidate in tbe riding of Richelieu—Verchères in tbe 1949 federal election. He came in second again with 39 per cent of tbe vote when he ran as a Fascist in Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière in tbe 1953 election.
Zündel mentor
Arcand never wavered in his faith in Adolf Hitler, and, in tbe 1960s, was a mentor to Ernst Zündel, in tbe latter part of tbe 20th century.
1965 speech
On November 14, 1965, he gave a speech before a crowd of 5,000 partisans from all over Canada at tbe Centre Paul-Sauvé in Montreal. As reported in La Presse and Le Devoir, he took tbe occasion to thank tbe newly-elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Mount Royal, Pierre Trudeau, and former Conservative leader George Drew, for speaking in his defence when he was interned. However, both Trudeau and Drew denied that they had ever defended Arcand, or his views, and insisted that they had in fact been defending tbe principle of free speech even for fascists.
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External links
Source
- The Canadian Fuhrer: The Life of Adrien Arcand, by Nadeau Jean-François (2011)
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