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While stationed in Washington DC, Herridge was impressed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his New Deal, and convinced Bennett to attempt to adopt similar policies in Canada for combatting the Great Depression. Bennett's turn towards reform occurred too late in his term, however, and his government was soundly defeated in the 1935 Canadian election.

Herridge returned to Canada and, in 1939Events January-June January 2 End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 Earthquake kills 30. 000 in Chile about 50. 000 sq mi razed January 26 Falangists take Barcelona January 26, launched the New DemocracyNew Democracy was a political party in Canada founded by William Duncan Herridge in 1939. Herridge, a former Conservative government minister, was the Canadian Ambassador to the United States from 1931-35 during the government of R. Herridge advocated mon party, which advocated monetary reformMonetary reform is accounting reform that reaches more deeply into banking central bank, money supply and monetary policy. It affects how money is created and destroyed, and what constitutes a reliable measure of economic growth and measures of national i and government intervention in the economy. The party's positions were similar to those of the Social Credit Party of CanadaThe Social Credit Party of Canada was a political party in Canada. It was the federal wing of the Canadian social credit movement. A Western Protest Movement: 1935-1961 When first formed in 1935, Social Credit took many voters from the Progressive Party o. The two parties ran a joint slate in the 1940 Canadian election under the New Democracy banner with Herridge as the lead candidate. Herridge, however, came in third in his ridingThis page refers to a Riding as a unit in local government. For the more usual meaning, see horse and related articles In the British Isles, a riding is a sub-division of a county. The word is a corruption of the Old Norse riding thridhing or thrithing me of Kindersley, SaskatchewanKindersley is a town in western Saskatchewan. Kindersley was chosen as the launch site for the da Vinci Project's Ansari X Prize flights in early October, 2004. The town's population has hovered around the 5,000 mark for a number of years; once it is able with 30% of the vote and thus failed to win a seat in the Canadian House of Commons. The only New Democracy MPs elected were those who had previously been elected to parliament for the Social Credit party. After the election the New Democracy party folded and its MPs reverted to their previous identity as Social Credit members.