Conservative Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada Parti conservateur du Canada
Leader	Pierre Poilievre
Founder	Stephen Harper[a] Peter MacKay[b][1]
Founded	December 7, 2003 (2003-12-07)
Preceded by	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Canadian Alliance
Ideology	Conservatism[2] Social conservatism[3] Fiscal conservatism[4] Economic liberalism[5] Federalism[6]
Political position	Center-right to right-wing
Colors	Blue
House of Commons	119 / 338
Senate	12 / 105
Website
English language: www.conservative.ca French language: www.conservateur.ca

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.

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.^[7] 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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1. ↑ BERTHIAUME, Lee. "Peter MacKay: The man who changed Canada". Ottawa Citizen.
2. ↑ Farney, James (2013), Conservatism in Canada, University of Toronto Press, p. 209
3. ↑ Haskell, David (2009). Through a Lens Darkly: How the News Media Perceive and Portray Evangelicals. Clements Publishing Group. p. 57.
4. ↑ Bittner, Amanda (2013), Parties, Elections, and the Future of Canadian Politics, UBC Press, p. 134
5. ↑ Joseph, Thomas (2009), 8 Days of Crisis on the Hill; Political Blip Or Stephen Harper's Revolution Derailed?, iUniverse, p. 159
6. ↑ Morgan, I (2008). The Federal Nation. Springer. p. 39.
7. ↑ "With majority, Harper pledges to build 'great future'". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-06-27.