Liberal-Conservative Party

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Not to be confused with Liberal Party of Canada or Conservative Party of Canada.
This article is about the historic Canadian political party. For the historic political party known as Liberal-Conservative in the UK, see Peelite. For the political party in Spain with the same name, see Liberal-Conservative Party (Spain). For the political ideology, see Liberal conservatism.
Liberal-Conservative Party
FoundersJohn A. Macdonald
George-Étienne Cartier
Founded1867
Dissolved1938 (party renamed)
Preceded byParti bleu
Merged intoConservative Party of Canada (historical)
IdeologyConservatism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
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The Liberal-Conservative Party (French: le Parti libéral-conservateur) was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1917, and again from 1922 to 1938. Prior to 1970, candidates could run under any label they chose, and in many of Canada's early elections, there were both "Liberal-Conservative" and "Conservative" candidates; however, these were simply different labels used by candidates of the same party. Both were part of Sir John A. Macdonald's government and official Conservative and Liberal-Conservative candidates would not, generally,[clarification needed] run against each other. It was also common for a candidate to run on one label in one election and the other in a subsequent election.[1]

History

The roots of the name are in the coalition of September 11, 1854[2] in which moderate Reformers and Conservatives from Canada West joined with bleus from Canada East under the dual premiership of Sir Allan MacNab and A.-N. Morin. The new ministry committed to secularizing Clergy reserves in Canada West and abolishing seigneurial tenure in Canada East.[3] Over time, the Liberal-Conservatives were commonly referred to as the Conservative party and their opponents, the Clear Grits and the Parti rouge evolved into the Liberal Party of Canada.[4] However, the Liberal-Conservative Party remained the official name to 1917,[5][6][7][8] and again from 1922 to 1938.[9]

Prominent Liberal-Conservative Members of Parliament and Senators in Canadian history include:

The party resumed formally referring to itself as Liberal-Conservative from 1922[10] until 1938 when it officially became the National Conservative Party;[11] however, it was commonly referred to as the Conservative Party throughout this period.

Liberal Conservative Coalition

In the 1957 election, George Rolland, a watchmaker, sought election as a Liberal Conservative Coalition candidate in the Toronto riding of Eglinton. He placed last, winning only 252 votes, or 0.7% of the total. Both the Liberal and Conservative parties nominated candidates in the riding, so Rolland did not have the endorsement of either party.

Source: Parliament of Canada History of the Federal Electoral Ridings since 1867

See also

References

  1. ^ Donald Creighton, John A. Macdonald (2 vol 1955).
  2. ^ "MORIN, AUGUSTIN-NORBERT". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  3. ^ J. M. S. Careless, The Union of the Canadas 1841–1857, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1967, pp. 192–197.
  4. ^ Joseph Wearing, "Finding our parties' roots" in Canadian Parties in Transition, 2nd ed., Toronto: Nelson Canada, 1996, pp. 19–20
  5. ^ "Liberal Conservative hand-book : - Canadiana". www.canadiana.ca. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  6. ^ "Liberal Conservative hand-book on organization ... - Canadiana". www.canadiana.ca. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  7. ^ "The Liberal-Conservative platform as laid down ... - Canadiana". www.canadiana.ca. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  8. ^ "[The Liberal-Conservative handbook, 1913]. - Canadiana". www.canadiana.ca. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  9. ^ MacNicol, John R. National Liberal-Conservative convention held at Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 10th to 12th, 1927. Southam Press.
  10. ^ "MEIGHEN, ARTHUR". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto/Université Laval.
  11. ^ "1938 CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP CONVENTION". CPAC. Cable Public Access Channel. Archived from the original on 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

Further reading

  • Creighton, Donald Grant. John A. Macdonald: The Old Chieftain. Vol. 2. (1955).
  • English, John. The Decline of Politics: The Conservatives and the Party System, 1901-20 (1977)
  • Gwyn, Richard J. Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times. 1867-1891. Volume Two (2011)
  • Neatby, H. Blair, and John T. Saywell. "Chapleau and the Conservative Party in Quebec." Canadian Historical Review 37 (1956): 17. online

Primary sources

  • J. H. Stewart Reid, et al., eds. A Source-book of Canadian History: Selected Documents and Personal Papers (1964). online Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine pp 333–49