Liberal-Conservative Party

Liberal-Conservative Party
FoundersJohn A. Macdonald
George-Étienne Cartier
Founded1867
Dissolved1873
Preceded byParti bleu
Merged intoConservative Party of Canada (historical)
IdeologyConservatism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing

The Liberal-Conservative Party (French: le Parti libéral-conservateur) was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, and again from 1922 to 1938, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives before 1873. In many of Canada's early elections, there were both "Liberal-Conservative" and "Conservative" candidates; however, these were simply different labels used by candidates of the same party. Both were part of Sir John A. Macdonald's government and official Conservative and Liberal-Conservative candidates would not, generally,[clarification needed] run against each other. It was also common for a candidate to run on one label in one election and the other in a subsequent election.[1]

  1. ^ Donald Creighton, John A. Macdonald (2 vol 1955).