Tories | |
|---|---|
| Leader | John A. Macdonald (last) |
| Founded | Early 19th century |
| Dissolved | 1867 |
| Merged into | Conservative Party of Ontario |
| Headquarters | York, Upper Canada (until 1834) Toronto, Canada West (after 1834) |
| Ideology | Conservatism Toryism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
The Upper Canada Tories were formed from the elements of the Family Compact after the War of 1812.[1] The movement was an early political party and merely a group of like-minded conservative elite in the early days of Canada.
The Tories would later form an alliance with the Parti bleu in Lower Canada after the Union of 1841; they would finally merge as a single political party, the Conservative Party of Canada, after 1867.