The National Liberal and Conservative Party was the name adopted by the
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada (french: Parti conservateur du 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 Con ...
in 1920 after the end of the
Unionist government of
Robert Borden
Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada during World War I.
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The Conservatives, led by
Arthur Meighen
Arthur Meighen (; June 16, 1874 – August 5, 1960) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Canada from 1920 to 1921 and from June to September 1926. He led the Conservative Party from 1920 to 1926 and fro ...
, adopted the name in the hope of making permanent the war-time Unionist coalition of Conservatives and pro-conscription
Liberals (known as
Liberal-Unionists). Very few Liberals stayed with the party, and some Conservatives balked at the move. MP
John Hampden Burnham
John Hampden Burnham (born October 14, 1860 in Peterborough, Ontario, Peterborough, Canada West-died April 25, 1940) was a politician and lawyer. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Conservative Party of Canada (hi ...
quit the government caucus to sit as an Independent Conservative and then resigned from the House of Commons in an attempt to win a by-election on the issue.
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After its defeat in the 1921 election the party caucus adopted the name Liberal-Conservative Party used under Sir ]John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that sp ...
though it was commonly known as the Conservative Party.
See also
*Unionist Party (Canada)
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*Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada (french: Parti conservateur du 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 Con ...
*List of political parties in Canada
This article lists political parties in Canada.
Federal parties
In contrast with the political party systems of many nations, Canadian parties at the federal level are often only loosely connected with parties at the provincial level, despite ha ...
References
Federal political parties in Canada
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)
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