Conservative Party Of Canada: Centre-right to right-wing political party in Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti Conservateur du Canada) is a political party in Canada.
The party is considered to be on the center-right to right of the political spectrum. It is to the right of the Liberal Party of Canada, Bloc Québécois or the New Democratic Party. The party is the successor to the numerous right-wing parties, mainly the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Right now, the leader of the party is Pierre Poilievre, who is also the Leader of the Official Opposition.
Conservative Party of Canada Parti conservateur du Canada | |
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| Leader | Pierre Poilievre |
| Founder | Stephen Harper Peter MacKay |
| Founded | December 7, 2003 |
| Preceded by | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Canadian Alliance |
| Ideology | Conservatism Social conservatism Fiscal conservatism Economic liberalism Federalism |
| Political position | Center-right to right-wing |
| Colors | Blue |
| House of Commons | 121 / 338 |
| Senate | 24 / 105 |
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| English language: www French language: www | |
The party won a minority government in the 2006 and 2008 elections and a majority government in 2011 election under the leadership of Stephen Harper, who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada. Following the loss of the 2015 election falling to second place, Harper resigned as leader and was filled in by interim leader Rona Ambrose until the next leadership election, which Andrew Scheer won.
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