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| Current Leader: | Stephen Harper |
| Founded: | December 7, 2003 |
| Headquarters: | Suite 1720 130 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G4 |
| Colours: | Blue |
| Political ideology: | conservative |
| International alignment: | International Democrat Union |
The Conservative Party of Canada is a right-of-centre political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003.
The party currently forms the official Opposition in the House of CommonsThe House of Commons (in French, la Chambre des communes is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of Canada which sits in the nation's capital of Ottawa, Ontario. Leadership Prime Minister and Cabinet Under the Westminster system, the prime m.
The merger to form the Conservative Party was announced on October 16October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). There are 76 days remaining. Events 456 Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Roman Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire 1775 Portland, Maine burned by the, 2003, by the two party leaders ( Stephen Harper of the Alliance and Peter MacKayPeter Gordon MacKay (born September 27, 1965) was the final leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. In December 2003 he agreed to merge the party with the Canadian Alliance to form the new Conservative Party of Canada, of which he is now t of the Progressive Conservatives), and was ratified by the membership of the Alliance on December 5December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 26 days remaining. Events 1484 Pope Innocent VIII writes a Papal Bull that sets the inquisition into full swing and kills hundreds of thousands (perhaps mil by a margin of 96% to 4%, and by delegates of the PC Party on December 6December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining. Events: 1534 Spanish found Quito, Ecuador 1768 First edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica is published 1790 United States Congress mov by a margin of 90% to 10%. On December 8December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining. Events 1854 Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogma of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin., 2003, the Conservative Party of Canada was officially registered with Elections Canada. On March 20, 2004, Stephen Harper was elected the new party leader.
The merger was the culmination of the Canadian " Unite the Right" movement, driven by the desire to present an effective right-wing opposition to the Liberal Party of Canada for the 2004 Canadian election, to create a new party that would draw support from all parts of Canada and would not split the right-wing vote. The splitting of the right-wing vote is widely believed to have contributed to easy Liberal victories in the 1997 Canadian election and the 2000 Canadian election.
The party still is referred to as "Tory" by the media and retains the tie to the historical Conservative Party of Canada founded in 1854 by Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Etienne Cartier by virtue of the fact that the merged entity assumed all assets and liabilities of the Progressive Conservative Party.
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