Liberal-Conservative Party

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The Liberal-Conservative Party was a 19th-century Canadian political party that blended liberal and conservative principles and played a key role in early Canadian Confederation politics.

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instanceOf political party
activeInCentury 19th century
alsoKnownAs Liberal Conservatives
Liberal-Conservative coalition
associatedWith Alexander Tilloch Galt
Charles Tupper
linked to: Sir Charles Tupper

George-Étienne Cartier
Hugh Allan
John A. Macdonald
country Canada
governedLevel federal
provincial (in some provinces)
hadParliamentaryLeader George-Étienne Cartier
John A. Macdonald
historicalSuccessor Liberal-Conservative designation within the Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
ideology conservatism
liberalism
influencedBy British parliamentary conservatism
classical liberalism
languageContext English
mergedInto Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
opposedBy Clear Grits
Reform movement in Canada
originatedIn Province of Canada
participatedIn early post-Confederation federal governments
pre-Confederation coalition governments in the Province of Canada
partOf Canadian party system in the 19th century
playedRoleIn Canadian Confederation
politicalPosition centre-right
positionOnFederalism strong central government
positionOnReligion accommodation of Catholic and Protestant interests
positionOnTrade protectionist tendencies
predecessorOf Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
regionOfStrength Maritime provinces
linked to: Maritime Provinces

Ontario
Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada
representedInterest business interests
commercial elites
some Catholic interests in Quebec
status defunct
supported Confederation of British North American colonies
supportedMonarch British Crown
supportedPolicy economic development
railway expansion
tariff protection for Canadian industry
supportedSystem constitutional monarchy
parliamentary democracy

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John Sandfield Macdonald memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal-Conservative Party
John A. Macdonald memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal-Conservative Party
George-Étienne Cartier memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal-Conservative Party
Unionist Party (Canada) succeededBy National Liberal and Conservative Party
subject linked to: Unionist Party
linked to: Liberal-Conservative Party
Sir Charles Tupper politicalParty Liberal-Conservative Party
John Sandfield Macdonald memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal-Conservative Party
subject linked to: Sandfield
John Sandfield Macdonald memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal-Conservative Party
subject linked to: John
SPS type conservative liberal party
linked to: Liberal-Conservative Party
1st Canadian Parliament primeMinisterParty Liberal-Conservative Party