Editing Ernest Manning (section)

===Social Credit policy===
Under Manning, the party largely abandoned [[social credit|social credit theories]]. He had been a devoutly loyal supporter of Aberhart from the very beginning and so it is not clear why he was so willing to abandon his party's traditional ideology. One likely explanation may have been pragmatic; many of Social Credit's policy goals infringed on responsibilities reserved to the federal government under the [[British North America Act, 1867|British North America Act]]. Manning, however, honoured Aberhart's 1935 promise to issue a [[Prosperity Certificate]] to Albertans twice. In 1957, his government announced a $20 Alberta Oil Royalty Dividend and issued a $17 dividend the next year. The policy was widely criticized, and the next year, Manning agreed to use oil royalties on public works and social programs instead.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>