Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Party leader	Tim Hudak
founding	1854
Headquarters	Toronto
Alignment	Conservatism Neoliberalism
Parliament seats	76/124
Website	www.ontariopc.com

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario ( French Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario ), also known as the Ontario PC Party , is a conservative party in the Canadian province of Ontario . Although the party is ideologically similar to the Conservative Party of Canada , the two parties are organizationally independent. After the June 2018 elections, the progressive conservatives made 76 out of 124 MPs in the Ontario Legislative Assembly and with Doug Ford the Prime Minister.

history

The Conservative Party emerged from the Liberal-Conservative Coalition of the Province of Canada , which was led from 1854 by John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier . This gave rise to the Ontario Conservative Party in 1867, led by John Sandfield Macdonald , the first prime minister of the new province. After the electoral defeat in 1871, the Catholic and non-English voters turned away from the party, which subsequently became increasingly dependent on the Orange Order . The Conservatives turned against the state funding of Catholic schools, against language rights of the Franco-Ontarians and against excessive immigration. In 1893, party member George Ryerson was elected to the Ontario Legislative Assembly.

After 33 years in the opposition, the Conservatives re-appointed James Whitney as Prime Minister, who followed a progressive course. His government founded the Ontario Hydro electricity company , but also issued the controversial Regulations 17 , which severely restricted schooling in French (the decision was eventually reversed after protests). In 1919 the Conservatives lost to the United Farmers of Ontario , but were able to put the government back in 1923. In 1934 she suffered against the Ontario Liberal Party a heavy election defeat, as the government had proved to be incapable of the social consequences of the global economic crisis to master.

In 1942 the party was renamed the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario . In 1943, the conservatives became the party with the largest number of voters again due to internal party struggles between the liberals and remained in government until 1985. Under John Robarts , the party began to campaign more and more for civil rights, the negative attitude towards the French-speaking minority was abandoned. The longest-serving Conservative Prime Minister was Bill Davis , who headed the government for 14 years from 1971. Because of its concentration of power and dominance, the party was also known as the Big Blue Machine . Under Davie, the party moved more towards the center and sometimes even took more liberal positions than the Ontario Liberal Party.

After Davis' resignation in 1985, his successor Frank Miller reoriented the party more to the right, but lost a vote of no confidence after just under four months. The Conservatives were in the opposition for the next ten years. Initially the Liberals formed the government, from 1990 the Ontario New Democratic Party . The Progressive Conservative Party slipped to third place in the electorate.

Logo 2006-2010

In the 1995 elections, Mike Harris succeeded in making the party the party with the largest number of voters again with a neoconservative program. His clear election victory is variously referred to as the Common Sense Revolution ("revolution of common sense "). Harris' reign was accompanied by numerous financial problems, strikes and protests. In 2002 he resigned, leaving Ernie Eves as Prime Minister, who lost the election significantly the following year.

Election results

Results of the legislative assembly elections:

Conservative Party of Ontario year Number of seats seats total proportion of 1867 82 41 k. A. 1871 82 38 k. A. 1875 88 35 k. A. 1879 88 29 k. A. 1883 88 37 k. A. 1886 90 32 k. A. 1890 91 39 k. A. 1894 94 30th k. A. 1898 94 42 k. A. 1902 98 48 k. A. 1905 98 69 k. A. 1908 106 86 k. A. 1911 106 83 k. A. 1914 111 84 55.3% 1919 111 25th 34.9% 1923 111 75 49.8% 1926 112 72 57.6% 1929 112 90 58.8% 1934 90 17th 39.8% 1937 90 23 40.0%

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario year seats total Weighted seats be right proportion of 1943 90 38 k. A. 35.7% 1945 90 66 k. A. 44.3% 1948 90 53 k. A. 41.5% 1951 90 79 k. A. 48.5% 1955 98 83 k. A. 48.5% 1959 98 71 k. A. 46.3% 1963 108 77 k. A. 48.9% 1967 117 69 k. A. 42.3% 1971 117 78 k. A. 44.5% 1975 125 51 k. A. 36.1% 1977 125 58 k. A. 39.7% 1981 125 70 k. A. 44.4% 1985 125 52 1,343,044 37.0% 1987 130 16 931.743 24.7% 1990 130 20th 944,564 23.5% 1995 130 82 1,870,110 44.8% 1999 103 59 1,978,059 45.1% 2003 103 24 1,559,181 34.7% 2007 107 26th 1,398,857 31.6% 2011 107 37 1,527,959 35.4% 2014 107 28 1,506,267 31.3% 2018 124 76 2,324,742 40.5%

Party leader

Conservative Party of Canada West Surname Chair premier John A. Macdonald 1854-1867 1856-1857 John Sandfield Macdonald 1862-1864 1862-1864 Conservative Party of Ontario Surname Chair premier John Sandfield Macdonald 1867-1871 1867-1871 Matthew Crooks Cameron 1871-1878 William Ralph Meredith 1879-1894 George Frederick Marter 1894-1896 James Whitney 1896-1914 1896-1914 William Howard Hearst 1914-1919 1914-1919 Howard Ferguson 1919-1930 1923-1930 George Stewart Henry 1930-1936 1930-1934 William Earl Rowe 1936-1938 George Drew 1938-1942

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Surname Chair premier George Drew 1942-1948 1943-1948 Thomas Kennedy 1948–1949 (interim) 1948-1949 Leslie Frost 1949-1961 1949-1961 John Robarts 1961-1971 1961-1971 Bill Davis 1971-1985 1971-1985 Frank Miller 1985-1986 1985 Larry Grossman 1986-1987 Andy Brandt 1987–1990 (interim) Mike Harris 1990-2002 1995-2002 Ernie Eves 2002-2004 2002-2003 John Tory 2004-2009 Bob Runciman 2009 (interim) Tim Hudak since 2009

See also

• List of political parties in Canada

Web links

• Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Individual evidence

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