The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a centre-right federal political party in Canada that existed from 1942 to 2003.
The Conservative Party of Canada,colloquially known as the Tories,is a federal political party in Canada. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the two main right-leaning parties,the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance,the latter being the successor of the Western Canadian-based Reform Party. The party sits at the centre-right to the right of the Canadian political spectrum,with their federal rival,the Liberal Party of Canada,positioned to their left. The Conservatives are defined as a "big tent" party,practising "brokerage politics" and welcoming a broad variety of members,including "Red Tories" and "Blue Tories".
Lowell Murray,is a former Canadian senator and long-time activist with the federal Progressive Conservative Party.
Jacques Flynn,was a Canadian lawyer and federal politician,serving in both the House of Commons and Senate.
Gerry St. Germain is a former Canadian politician. St. Germain served as a Conservative senator for British Columbia and previously served as a Member of Parliament.
Marjory LeBreton is a Canadian former leader of the Government in the Senate of Canada,a cabinet-rank position;and past national chair of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Canada. She worked with four leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada - John Diefenbaker,Robert Stanfield,Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney - from 1962 to 1993 before being appointed to the Senate on the advice of Mulroney. She sat as a Progressive Conservative Senator from her appointment until moving with most of her caucus colleagues to the new Conservative Party of Canada in 2004,of which she was soon elected to Chief Whip. She served as an advisor to then opposition leader Stephen Harper during the 2006 election,which the Conservative Party won. After the election,she was named to the cabinet position Leader of the Government in the Senate. On July 4,2013,LeBreton announced she would not continue in the position as of the next cabinet shuffle,which occurred later that summer. She retired from the Senate upon reaching her 75th birthday on July 4,2015.
Andrew James Scheer is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Regina—Qu'Appelle since 2004. Scheer served as the 35th speaker of the House of Commons from 2011 to 2015,and was the leader of the Conservative Party and leader of the Official Opposition from 2017 to 2020.
Percy E. Downe is a Canadian Senator and former political aide.
Janis Guðrún Johnson is a Canadian retired senator who represented Manitoba.
Anita Raynell Andreychuk is a retired Senator,lawyer,and former judge and diplomat.
Gerald J. Comeau is a Canadian retired Senator and politician.
John Hnatyshyn was a Ukrainian Canadian lawyer,Senator and father of Ray Hnatyshyn,the twenty-fourth governor general of Canada.
Heath Nelson Macquarrie was a Canadian politician,teacher,scholar,and writer. Macquarrie described himself as a Red Tory,using the term in the title of his autobiography Red Tory Blues.
Since the Constitution of Canada was patriated,in 1982,ten Amendments to the Constitution of Canada have been passed. There have,however,been a number of unsuccessful attempts to amend the Constitution in accordance with its amending formula.
Eric Arthur Berntson was a Canadian politician.
This article covers the history of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Jean-Guy Dagenais is a Canadian politician from Quebec. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada on January 17,2012,by Stephen Harper after losing in the 2011 Canadian federal election running as a Conservative candidate in Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot. He represents the Senate division of Victoria (Quebec). In 2019,he left the Conservative Senate caucus to sit with the Canadian Senators Group,and left the Conservative party in 2022 shortly after Pierre Poilievre was elected as leader.
The Canadian Senators Group is a parliamentary group of senators in the Senate of Canada founded on November 4,2019,by eight senators from the Independent Senators Group,two from the Conservative Party of Canada's Senate caucus,and one non-affiliated senator. The group named Scott Tannas as its interim leader and Josée Verner as interim deputy leader,though the actual caucus leadership roles and role titles have yet to be announced.
