Leaders of Canadian federal conservative parties
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Since the confederation of Canada in 1867, there has been at least one major federal political party represented in the House of Commons that has espoused the political ideals of conservativism. For most of Canadian history, that party has been known by various names, generally incorporating the name "Conservative," all with a lineage traceable back to the Liberal-Conservative Party of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister.
With the fragmentation of the right-of-centre vote beginning in the late 1980s, the historical conservative party (at that time known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada) was joined in the House by a new major right-of-centre party, the populist Reform Party of Canada. In 2003, the Progressive Conservative Party merged with the successor to the Reform Party, the Canadian Alliance, forming the Conservative Party of Canada.
[edit] Party leaders
[edit] Leaders of the Liberal-Conservative Party (1867–1873)
- Sir John A. Macdonald, 1867–1873
[edit] Leaders of the Conservative Party of Canada (1873–1942)
- Sir John A. Macdonald, 1873–1891
- Sir John Abbott, 1891–1892
- Sir John Thompson, 1892–1894
- Sir Mackenzie Bowell, 1894–1896
- Sir Charles Tupper, 1896–1901
- Sir Robert Borden, 1901–1920
- Arthur Meighen, 1920–1926
- Hugh Guthrie, 1926–1927 (interim)
- Richard B. Bennett, 1927–1938
- Robert Manion, 1938–1940
- Richard Hanson, 1940–1941 (interim)
- Arthur Meighen, 1941–1942
[edit] Leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada1 (1942–2003)
- John Bracken, 1942–1948
- George Drew, 1948–1956
- John Diefenbaker, 1956–1967
- Robert Stanfield, 1967–1976
- Joe Clark, 1976–1983
- Erik Nielsen, 1983 (interim)
- Brian Mulroney, 1983–1993
- Kim Campbell, 1993
- Jean Charest, 1993–1998
- Elsie Wayne, 1998 (interim)
- Joe Clark, 1998–2003
- Peter MacKay, 2003
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[edit] Leaders of the Reform Party of Canada (1987–2000)
- Preston Manning, 1987–2000
[edit] Leaders of the Canadian Alliance2 (2000–2003)
- Stockwell Day, 2000–2002
- Stephen Harper, 2002–2003
[edit] Leaders of the Conservative Party of Canada3 (since 2003)
- John Lynch-Staunton, 2003–2004 (Interim)
- Stephen Harper, 2004–present
[edit] Footnotes
- 1 The name was changed at the insistence of John Bracken, the former Progressive Party of Canada premier of Manitoba, upon his election as party leader.
- 2 Successor to the Reform Party, created as part of a movement to "unite the right."
- 3 Formed as a merger of the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties.
[edit] Federal conservative party leaders who served as prime minister
- Sir John A. Macdonald, 1867-1874 and 1878-1891
- Sir John Abbott, 1891-1892
- Sir John Thompson, 1892-1894
- Sir Mackenzie Bowell, 1894-1896
- Sir Charles Tupper, 1896
- Sir Robert Borden, 1911-1920 (as a Unionist 1917-1920)
- Arthur Meighen, 1920-1921, 1926
- Richard B. Bennett, 1930-1935
- John Diefenbaker, 1957-1963
- Joe Clark, 1979-1980
- Brian Mulroney, 1984-1993
- Kim Campbell, 1993
- Stephen Harper, since 2006
