- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
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Former Canadian political party.It was formed as the Liberal-Conservative Party in 1854 from a union of conservative and moderate-liberal political factions; except for a period during and after World War I, the party kept this name until 1942, when it adopted the name Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Its first leader was John Macdonald. The party led the government from 1854 to 1873 and again from 1878 to 1896. It regained power in coalition with the Quebec nationalists in 1911 but went down to severe defeat in 1921. From then until 1957 the party held power only twice, briefly in 1926 and from 1930 to 1935. The party held power from 1958 to 1963 under John G. Diefenbaker, from 1979 to 1980 under Joe Clark, and from 1984 to 1989 under Brian Mulroney. In 1993 it was reduced to only two seats in the Canadian House of Commons. In 2003 the Progressive Conservative Party merged with the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative Party of Canada. The party favoured reducing government intervention in both the economy and social affairs; strongly federalist, it also was less accommodating than other parties to Quebec separatism.
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byname Conservative Party , French Parti Progressiste-Conservateur du Canadaformer national political party in Canada, historically (with the Liberal Party of Canada) one of Canada's two major parties. In the 1990s, however, its support plummeted, and in 2003 it merged with the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative Party of Canada. (A number of provincial parties continued to operate under the Progressive Conservative name.) The Progressive Conservative Party, similar to the Liberal Party, contained various shades of opinion, and its policies were generally determined by local issues and practical need rather than by ideology. In general, however, the party favoured less government intervention in both the economy and social affairs. Strongly federalist, it also generally was less accommodating to Quebec separatists.The Progressive Conservatives traced their roots to the informal groups of government supporters, or Tories, that operated in the nascent party system that existed in the century prior to the establishment of the country's confederation as the Dominion of Canada in 1867. The opposing groups of Tories and Reformers were factional and unstable until 1854, when a government of Reformers fell as a result of internal division. Thereafter, disciplined new parties were formed, and they have dominated Canadian politics ever since. The old Tories and other conservatives, including a majority of conservative French Canadians, joined with a group of moderate liberals to form the Liberal-Conservative Party under the leadership of John A. Macdonald (Macdonald, Sir John); except for a period during and after World War I, the party kept this name until 1942, when it was renamed Progressive Conservative.The Liberal-Conservatives were dominant in the Canadian Parliament until 1864, when a coalition was formed with the Liberals that lasted until 1867. Macdonald became Canada's first prime minister in 1867, but in 1873 the party was badly defeated by the Liberals. Macdonald continued to lead the party, however, and in 1878 he returned to office after adopting a highly popular protectionist tariff policy. Macdonald continued as prime minister until 1891, when his death left the party without an effective leader. In 1896 the party lost office, and it remained out of power until 1911, when it formed an alliance with Quebec nationalists. During World War I a large number of Liberals gave their support to the Conservative administration (1917), the party temporarily adopting the title Unionist. In 1921, as the National Liberal and Conservative Party, it suffered a severe defeat, and thereafter it held power only twice (for three months in 1926 and from 1930 to 1935) until John G. Diefenbaker (Diefenbaker, John G.) was able to form a minority government in June 1957. In 1958 the party secured a large majority in the House of Commons, and it remained in power until 1963 under Diefenbaker. Thereafter, the party remained out of power at the federal level except for a nine-month period in 1979–80, when Joe Clark (Clark, Joe) was able to form a government. In 1983 Clark was replaced as party leader by Brian Mulroney (Mulroney, Brian), who adopted policies favouring free trade and less governmental intervention in the economy, and in 1984 the Conservatives won a majority in the House of Commons. Mulroney continued in office until his retirement in 1993 and was succeeded as party leader and prime minister by Kim Campbell (Campbell, Kim), Canada's first female prime minister. Under Campbell's brief leadership, however, support for the Conservatives dropped sharply, and during 1993 it was reduced to only two members in Parliament. Thereafter, the party attempted to rebuild its base, enjoying some success at the provincial level; for example, in Ontario, the country's most populous province, it won the provincial elections in 1995, adopting populist positions on social welfare issues. At the federal level, however, it continued as a weak opposition to the Liberals, winning few seats in the House of Commons in either the 1997 or 2000 elections. In 2003 the party merged with the Canadian Alliance.* * *
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