Liberal Conservative Party
Liberal-Conservative Party (English Liberal-Conservative Party , French Parti libéral-conservateur ) was the formal name of Canada's first Conservative Party until 1873. In the years that followed, numerous conservatives ran under this name. To 1911 occurred in the House of Commons elections as well as "liberal-conservative" candidates both "conservative". However, these were just two different names for the same party. As a rule, candidates from these groups did not run against each other but in different constituencies. It was also quite common for a candidate to run as a Conservative in one election but a Liberal Conservative in the next.
The roots of this name go back to the Grand Coalition ("grand coalition") of 1864 in the province of Canada , when conservatives and reformers united to promote the formation of the Canadian Confederation , which took place three years later. Thus, the Liberal Conservatives were typically liberals who joined the Conservative faction of first Prime Minister John Macdonald before or shortly after the founding of the Canadian state . Sam Hughes , who was discharged from cabinet in 1916, was officially the last Liberal Conservative.
Prominent Liberal Conservatives
- John Macdonald (Canada's First Prime Minister)
- George-Étienne Cartier (Prime Minister of the Former Province of Canada)
- Joseph Howe (Prime Minister and Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia)
- Samuel Leonard Tilley (Prime Minister and Lieutenant Governor of the Province of New Brunswick)
- John Abbott (Prime Minister of Canada)
- John Thompson (Prime Minister of Canada)
- Hugh John Macdonald (Prime Minister of the Province of Manitoba)