run the party "on Christian principles". At various times, McBride ran for mayor of Toronto, tried to form her own United Party of Canada in the early 1980s, and sought the leadership of the federal Social Credit Party of Canada at the 1982 Social Credit leadership convention. However, under her leadership, the party failed to run candidates for the Ontario legislature in any subsequent election and eventually became inactive. By the 1985 provincial election the party was defunct though Turmel still claimed to be a "Social Credit" candidate in at least one provincial by-election in the late 1980s. Turmel attempted to create a new Social Credit Party of Ontario in the mid-1980s but was unable to meet the criteria in place by that time for the registration of new political parties which included filing a petition signed by 10,000 qualified voters. Notes See also Canadian social credit movement Social Credit Party of Canada John Turmel List of Ontario political parties Ontario Defunct provincial political parties in Ontario