List of Canadian conservative leaders
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This a list of leaders and Prime Ministers of Canada after Confederation who were members of federal Conservative parties.
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[edit] "Tory" Parties
This a list of leaders of the Conservative Party of Canada (historical) (1867-1942), Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942-2003), and Conservative Party of Canada (2003-) ("the Tory parties"), and of Prime Ministers of Canada after Confederation who were members of those parties.
[edit] Tory Prime Ministers of Canada
[edit] Conservative (pre-1942)
- Further information: Liberal-Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Canada (historical), Unionist Party (Canada), National Liberal and Conservative Party, and National Government (Canada)
- Sir John A. Macdonald (1867-1873, 1878-1891)
- Sir John Abbott (1891-1892)
- John Thompson (1892-1894)
- Sir Mackenzie Bowell (1894-1896)
- Sir Charles Tupper (1896)
- Sir Robert Borden (1911-1920)
- Arthur Meighen (1920-1921, 1926)
- R. B. Bennett (1930-1935)1
[edit] Progressive Conservative
- John Diefenbaker (1957-1963)
- Joe Clark (1979-1980)
- Brian Mulroney (1984-1993)
- Kim Campbell (1993)
[edit] Conservative Party of Canada
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For more details on current "Tory" Prime Ministers, see Conservative Party of Canada.
- Stephen Harper (2006-Present)
[edit] Footnotes
1 Created Viscount Bennett following his retirement from office.
[edit] Tory leaders since Confederation
[edit] Conservative (pre-1942)
- Further information: Liberal-Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Canada (historical), Unionist Party (Canada), National Liberal and Conservative Party, and National Government (Canada)
- Sir John A. Macdonald (July 1, 1867 – June 6, 1891)
- Sir John Abbott (June 16, 1891 – November 24, 1892)
- Sir John Thompson (December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1894)
- Sir Mackenzie Bowell (December 21, 1894 – April 27, 1896)
- Sir Charles Tupper (May 1, 1896 – February 5, 1901)
- Sir Robert Laird Borden (February 6, 1901 – July 10, 1920)
- Arthur Meighen (July 10, 1920 – September 24, 1926)
- Hugh Guthrie (October 11, 1926 – October 12, 1927 interim)
- Richard Bedford Bennett (October 12, 1927 – July 7, 1938)
- Robert Manion (July 7, 1938 – May 14, 1940)
- Richard Hanson (May 14, 1940 – November 12, 1941 interim)
- Arthur Meighen (November 12, 1941 – December 9, 1942)1
[edit] Progressive Conservative
- John Bracken (December 11, 1942 – July 20, 1948)2
- George Drew (October 2, 1948 – November 29, 1956)3
- John George Diefenbaker (December 14, 1956 – September 9, 1967)
- Robert Stanfield (September 9, 1967 – February 22, 1976)4
- Joe Clark (February 22, 1976 – February 19, 1983)
- Erik Nielsen (February 19, 1983 – June 11, 1983 interim)
- Brian Mulroney (June 11, 1983 – June 13, 1993)
- Kim Campbell (June 13, 1993 – December 14, 1993)
- Jean Charest (December 14, 1993 – April 2, 1998)
- Elsie Wayne (April 2, 1998 – November 14, 1998 interim)
- Joe Clark (November 14, 1998 – May 31, 2003)
- Peter MacKay (May 31, 2003 – December 8, 2003)
[edit] Conservative Party of Canada
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For more details on current "Tory" Leaders, see Conservative Party of Canada.
- John Lynch-Staunton (December 8, 2003 to March 20, 2004) (interim)
- Stephen Harper (March 20, 2004 to present)
[edit] Footnotes
1 On this occasion, Meighen failed in his attempts to win re-election to the House of Commons, so Hanson remained Leader of the Opposition throughout Meighen's term
2 Bracken did not win election to the House of Commons until 1945, so Hanson remained Leader of the Opposition until January 1943, when he was replaced by Gordon Graydon
3 On two occasions when Drew was too ill to perform his duties, William Earl Rowe served as Leader of the Opposition
4 Michael Starr served as Leader of the Opposition until November 5, 1967, when Stanfield, who had previously been premier of Nova Scotia, won election to Parliament
[edit] Other Conservative Parties
[edit] Parties that have had representation in the House of Commons
[edit] "Reform-Alliance"
[edit] Leaders of the Reform Party of Canada
- Preston Manning (October 31, 1987 to March 25, 2000)
[edit] Leaders of the Canadian Alliance
- Deborah Grey (March 27, 2000 to July 8, 2000) (interim)
- Stockwell Day (July 8, 2000 to December 12, 2001)
- John Reynolds (December 12, 2001 to March 20, 2002) (interim)
- Stephen Harper (March 20, 2002 to December 7, 2003)
[edit] Leaders of the Social Credit Party of Canada
- John Horne Blackmore (1935 to 1944)
- Solon Earl Low (1944 to 1961)
- Robert Thompson (1961 to 1967)
- Alexander Bell Patterson (1967 to 1968) (interim)
- Réal Caouette (1971 to 1976)
- André-Gilles Fortin (1976 to 1977)
- Gilles Caouette (1977 to 1978) (interim)
- Charles-Arthur Gauthier (1978) (interim)
- Lorne Reznowski (1978 to 1979)
- Charles-Arthur Gauthier (1979) (interim)
- Fabien Roy (1979 to 1980)
- Martin Hattersley (1981 to 1983)
- Ken Sweigard (1983 to 1986) (interim)
- Harvey Lainson (1986 to 1990)
- Ken Campbell (1990 to 1993)
[edit] Parties that have had no representation in the House of Commons
[edit] Leaders of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada
- Ed Vanwoudenberg (1987 to 1991)
- Charles Cavilla (1991 to 1993)
- Heather Stilwell (1993 to 1994) (interim)
- Jean Blaquiére (1994 to 1995)
- Ron Gray (1995 to present)
[edit] Leaders of the Libertarian Party of Canada
- Sieg Pedde (1973 to 1974)
- Charles Lyall (1974 to 1976)
- Ron Bailey (1976 to 1978)
- Alex Eaglesham (1978 to 1979)
- Linda Cain (1980 to 1982)
- Neil Reynolds (May 1982 to 1983)
- Victor Levis (1983 to 1987)
- Dennis Corrigan (1987 to 1990)
- Stanislaw Tyminski (1990 to 1991)
- George Dance (1991 to 1993)
- Hilliard Cox (May 1993 to 1995)
- George Dance (1995 to 1996)
- Vincent Pouliot (May 12, 1996 to April 5, 1997)
- Robert Morse (April 5, 1997 to unknown)
- Jean-Serge Brisson (c.1999 to present)
[edit] Leaders of the Progressive Canadian Party
- Ernie Schreiber (2004 to 2005) (interim)
- Tracy Parsons (2005 to 2007)
- Sinclair Stevens (2007 to present) (interim)
[edit] Leaders of the Western Block Party
- Doug Christie (November 30, 2005 to present)
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