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".
Diane Ablonczy is a former Canadian Member of Parliament who served in the House of Commons of Canada. Ablonczy represented Calgary ridings from 1993 to 2015,sitting first with the Reform Party of Canada,then with the Canadian Alliance,and finally with the Conservative Party of Canada. She served as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from January 4,2011 to July 15,2013. She was previously appointed Minister of State (Seniors) on January 19,2010. She held the position of Minister of State from October 30,2008,Secretary of State from August 14,2007,and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance from February 2006. Previously,Ablonczy served as Chief Opposition Critic for Citizenship and Immigration,Health,and Human Resources Development.
Robert J. Anders is a Canadian former politician. He represented the riding of Calgary West from 1997 until 2015 and was a founding member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Deborah Cleland Grey,is a retired Canadian member of Parliament from Alberta for the Reform Party of Canada,the Canadian Alliance,and the Conservative Party of Canada. She was the first female federal leader of the Opposition in Canadian history. She currently serves on the advisory board of the Leaders' Debates Commission.
The Democratic Representative Caucus,also called the Democratic Representative Association,was a parliamentary group in the 37th Canadian Parliament consisting of Members of Parliament who left the Canadian Alliance in 2001 in protest against the leadership of Stockwell Day.
The 2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election took place on March 20,2004,in Toronto,Ontario,and resulted in the election of Stephen Harper as the first leader of the new Conservative Party of Canada. The Conservative Party was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada,in December 2003.
Deepak Obhrai was a Tanzania-born Canadian politician,representing the riding of Calgary East and Forest Lawn for the Reform Party of Canada and then the Conservative Party of Canada from 1997 until he died in 2019. He previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was the first and only Hindu to become an MP in Canada,and at the time of his death was the longest continuously serving Conservative MP. He ran in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election,but was defeated in the first round of voting.
Arthur Hanger is a Canadian politician.
Jason Thomas Kenney is a former Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Alberta from 2019 until 2022,and the leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) from 2017 until 2022. He also served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Calgary-Lougheed from 2017 until 2022. Kenney was the last leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party before the party merged with the Wildrose Party to form the UCP. Prior to entering Alberta provincial politics,he served in various cabinet posts under Prime Minister Stephen Harper from 2006 to 2015.
Norman "Blicky" Doyle is a Canadian businessman and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He was a member of the Senate of Canada from 2012 to 2020 and a Member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2008.
The Canadian Alliance,a conservative political party in Canada,held two leadership elections to choose the party's leader. The first was held shortly after the party's founding in 2000,and the second was held in 2002. The party merged with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003 to form the Conservative Party of Canada.
Canadian blogosphere is used to describe the online predominantly English Canadian community of weblogs that is part of the larger blogosphere.
Blaine F. Calkins is a Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada. He has represented the riding of Red Deer—Lacombe in Alberta since 2015,having previously represented its predecessor,Wetaskiwin,since 2006.
Werner Schmidt is a former Canadian politician,teacher,and school principal.
The 40th Canadian Parliament was in session from November 18,2008 to March 26,2011. It was the last Parliament of the longest-running minority government in Canadian history that began with the previous Parliament. The membership of its House of Commons was determined by the results of the 2008 federal election held on October 14,2008. Its first session was then prorogued by the Governor General on December 4,2008,at the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper,who was facing a likely no-confidence motion and a coalition agreement between the Liberal party and the New Democratic Party with the support of the Bloc Québécois. Of the 308 MPs elected at the October 14,2008 general election,64 were new to Parliament and three sat in Parliaments previous to the 39th:John Duncan,Jack Harris and Roger Pomerleau.
Michelle Rempel Garner is a Canadian politician who sits in the House of Commons as the member of Parliament (MP) for the Alberta riding of Calgary Nose Hill. A member of the Conservative Party,she was initially elected to represent Calgary Centre-North in the 2011 federal election and served as a minister during Stephen Harper's premiership.
Tomasz Kmiec is a Polish-Canadian politician who serves as the Member of Parliament for Calgary Shepard in the House of Commons of Canada under the Conservative Party of Canada,first elected in 2015. He currently serves as Shadow Minister for Immigration,Citizenship and Refugees.
A Conservative leadership convention was held on October 12,1927 at the Winnipeg Amphitheatre in Winnipeg,Manitoba. The convention was held to choose a new leader of the Conservative Party to choose a successor to former Prime Minister of Canada Arthur Meighen who had led the party since 1920. This was the first time the Conservatives used a leadership convention to choose a leader. Previous leaders had been chosen by the party's caucus,the previous leader,or by the Governor General of Canada designating an individual to form a government after his predecessor's death or resignation.
