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Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative party former Canadian political party, formed in 1942 by the merger of the Progressive and Conservative parties. Beginning with the first Canadian prime minister, John A. Macdonald in 1867, the Conservative party dominated Canadian politics for much of the first three dec... Read more
Conservative party
Conservative party in Canada. 1 Former Canadian political party that merged with the Progressive party to form the Progressive Conservative party . 2 Officially the Conservative party of Canada, political party formed in 2003 by the merger of the Progressive Conservative party (PC) and the... Read more
Progressive party
Progressive party in U.S. history, the name of three political organizations, active, respectively, in the presidential elections of 1912, 1924, and 1948. Election of 1912 Republican insurgents dissatisfied with the conservative administration of President William Howard Taft formed (Ja... Read more
Conservative party
Conservative party British political party, formally the Conservative and Unionist party and a continuation of the historic Tory party. The Rise of the Conservative Party The name "conservative" was used by George Canning as early as 1824 and was first popularized by John Wilson Cro... Read more
Labour party
Labour party British political party, one of the two dominant parties in Great Britain since World War I. Origins The Labour party was founded in 1900 after several generations of preparatory trade union politics made possible by the Reform Bills of 1867 and 1884, which enfranchised urban... Read more
Republican party
Republican party American political party. Origins and Early Years The name was first used by Thomas Jefferson's party, later called the Democratic Republican party or, simply, the Democratic party . The name reappeared in the 1850s, when the present-day Republican party was founded. At ... Read more
Democratic party
Democratic party American political party; the oldest continuous political party in the United States. Origins in Jeffersonian Democracy When political alignments first emerged in George Washington's administration, opposing factions were led by Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson ... Read more
Federalist party
Federalist party in U.S. history, the political faction that favored a strong federal government. Origins and Members In the later years of the Articles of Confederation there was much agitation for a stronger federal union, which was crowned with success when the Constitutional Conventi... Read more
Reform party
Reform party in the United States, political party founded in 1995 by H. Ross Perot as an alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties. The Reform party's aims originally included mandating high ethical standards for the president and Congress, balancing the budget, enacting term limits ... Read more
Greenback party
Greenback party in U.S. history, political organization formed in the years 1874-76 to promote currency expansion. The members were principally farmers of the West and the South; stricken by the Panic of 1873, they saw salvation in an inflated currency that would wipe out the farm debts contracted ... Read more

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Progressive Conservative Party
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Progressive Conservative Party (Fr. Parti Progressiste...formerly Liberal-Conservative Party) Canadian political...the Progressive Conservative Party held office...the Progressive Conservatives led by Brian Mulroney...
Progressive Conservative party
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Progressive Conservative party former Canadian political party, formed in 1942 by the merger...Progressive and Conservative parties. Beginning with the first Canadian...Macdonald in 1867, the Conservative party dominated Canadian politics...
Conservative party
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Conservative party in Canada. 1 Former...that merged with the Progressive party to form the Progressive Conservative party . 2 Officially the Conservative party of Canada...of the Progressive Conservative party (PC) and the...1993 the ...
Progressive Party
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...and the third party movements that...incarnations as the Progressive Party. Progressivism...machines of both parties. In 1908...a number of Progressives. The conservative Taft turned...disappointment to the Progressives and to Roosevelt...republican party and ...
Harper, Stephen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...combined with the Progressive Conservatives...to replace social conservative Stockwell Day as leader of the former Reform Party, renamed the Canadian...over the Progressive Conservatives, and Harper negotiated...him to merge the two parties, cofounding the Conservative ...
Canadian Alliance
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Canadian political party that had its origins...W Canada-based conservative alternative to the Progressive Conservative party . Fiscally conservative and strongly in favor...from the Progressive Conservatives. In 1997, Reform...
Jean Charest
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...lawyer and member of the Progressive Conservative party, he was been a member...minister (1993). After the Progressive Conservatives suffered a crushing defeat...resigned as Progressive Conservative leader to assume leadership...
Prince Edward Island
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...behind the rest of Canada. The Progressive Conservatives (or Conservatives) and the Liberals are the only parties to have formed provincial governments...female provincial premier. Progressive Conservative Patrick Binns became premier...
Joe Clark
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and became leader of the Progressive Conservative party in 1976. In the 1979...again became leader of the Progressive Conservatives, who faced a strong challenge...Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative party of Canada. He retired...
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...succeeded Pearson as Liberal party leader and prime minister...Although the Liberal party lost its majority in...small New Democratic party to give him a parliamentary...1979-80) after the Progressive Conservatives won the 1979 election...

Dictionary entries related to "Progressive Conservative Party"

Progressive Conservative Party (PC), Canada
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Progressive Conservative Party (PC...Liberal-Conservative government...emphasis, the Conservatives neglected...name to the Progressive Conservative Party in 1942...so that Conservative support quickly...Trudeau , the Conservatives spent the...
Progressive Party, Canada
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Progressive Party, Canada, see Progressive Conservative Party, Canada
Conservative Party, Canada
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Conservative Party, Canada, see Progressive Conservative Party (Canada)
Progressive Party, Wisconsin
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History PROGRESSIVE PARTY, WISCONSIN PROGRESSIVE...into the state's progressive tradition without...Wisconsin Farmer-Labor Progressive Federation. Although...radicals" in many conservative circles, both generations...Follettes and their progressive supporters had consistently...between ...
Campbell, Kim
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...x2013; ) Canadian Progressive Conservative politician, the first female...Minister in June 1993 but the Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the general...lost her seat and resigned as party leader.
Meighen, Arthur
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...House of Commons as a Conservative ( Progressive Conservative Party ) in 1908, and became...he became leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister...Progressive Party, though the Conservatives recovered sufficiently...
Clark, Charles Joseph
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...he became national Progressive Conservative student president...He worked for the party until he was elected...his position on the progressive wing, he emerged...opposition, but as a progressive never commanded the...
Liberal Party, Canada
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Liberal Party, Canada Emerging from the earlier...relationship with Britain than their Conservative rivals ( Progressive Conservative Party ). This greater commitment...alternative to Mulroney's Progressive Conservative government from...
Mulroney, Martin Brian
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...joined the Progressive Conservative Party while attending...activities for the Conservatives. Although...the Quebec Conservative Party as...the first Conservative Prime Minister...that the Conservatives would lose...
Bennett, Richard Bedford, 1st Viscount Bennett
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Elected to the Alberta legislature as a Conservative ( Progressive Conservative Party ) in 1909, he became an MP in 1911. Disappointed...parliamentary speaker, he became leader of the Conservative Party in 1927. He won the general election...

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Pulling it all together: creating a single party out of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance Party has left some members of both parties wondering where to turn.(Unity)
Magazine article from: Canada and the World Backgrounder; 1/1/2004; 700+ words ; ...themselves small "c" conservatives. In Canada, we...dominated by the Progressive Conservative Party, Canada...of the Progressive Conservative Party: Lucien Bouchard...While the small "c" conservatives all but vanished...Alliance into the same party. This isn't ...
Progressive Conservatives Lose in Ontario
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/3/2003; 497 words ; ...voters denied the Progressive Conservative Party a third straight...the Progressive Conservative Party a third straight...the Progressive Conservatives led in 25 races...The Progressive Conservative rule was marked...
A forlorn hope for uniting the Right in Canada?(Progressive Conservative Party)
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; The federal Progressive Conservative party is holding...federal Progressive Conservatives have carried out...s and the Reform Party (and its successor...Canadian Reform-Conservative Alliance). As the...division of the two parties, i.e., that...and the Progressive ...
Ontario voters throw out Progressive Conservatives after eight years in power
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 10/3/2003; 523 words ; ...voters denied the Progressive Conservative Party a third straight...the Progressive Conservatives led in 25 races...of Progressive Conservative rule marked by...Harris, who led the Conservatives to two straight...
Layton Reaches Out to Liberals and Progressive Conservatives, Liberals 'are going to be busy thinking about themselves, not you'
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 1/16/2006; 436 words ; ...Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives in the past. Layton...The Liberal party is going into the...supporters of the Progressive Conservative Party. "The word...the Progressive Conservatives can vote to replace...
Letter to Editor - McFadyen proud to be Progressive Conservative
Newspaper article from: The Brandon Sun; 4/30/2008; ; 465 words ; ...and so is the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba...has ignored. Progressive Conservatives know that Manitobans...Progressive Conservatives are busy proving...the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba
Inside Straight; The Progressive Conservatives provide feeble opposition at best to the Liberals.
Magazine article from: The Report Newsmagazine; 10/7/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...when many small-c conservatives are still actively...Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives. My thesis is this...and a buddy of the progressives. Now, the way...express a solid conservative point of view that...the two Opposition parties have taken on the...based. Indeed, the ...
Canadian vote puts plenty of paradoxes into play. (defeat of Progressive Conservative Party by Liberal Party helped by emergence of new conservative party, the Reform Party) (Column)
Magazine article from: Insight on the News; 12/6/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...powerful new regional party -- this time in the...Campbell's feeble Progressive Conservatives, who suffered a stunning...that Campbell's Conservatives finished third in...suffered by the Canadian Progressive Conservatives. The...
Disentanglement: Canada.(the ruling Progressive Conservative Party in Ontario, Canada, has announced plans to merge municipalities and to reduce the number of school districts)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/25/1997; 700+ words ; ...ONTARIO is Tory territory. The Conservatives ruled Canada's leading...substance to their full title of Progressive Conservatives. After the Liberals and...out of a recession. So the Conservatives may manage to cut taxes and...
From the ground up (Alberta's Progressive Conservatives rebuild).
Magazine article from: The Report; 3/3/2003; ; 475 words ; ...at the end of March, Alberta's Progressive Conservatives will gather to discuss policy at their party convention. But the meeting could...Rockyview constituency associations and Progressive Conservative campaign chairman for southern Alberta...