Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
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The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (French: Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario), often shortened to the Ontario PC Party or simply the PCs, colloquially known as the Tories, is a centre to centre-right political party in Ontario, Canada.
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario | |
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Abbreviation | PC |
Leader | Doug Ford |
President | Michael Diamond |
House leader | Paul Calandra |
Founded | 1854; 170 years ago (1854) (as Conservative Party of Canada West) |
Preceded by | Upper Canada Tories |
Headquarters | 400-56 Aberfoyle Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Youth wing | Ontario Young Progressive Conservative Association |
Membership (2018) | 133,000[1] |
Ideology | Conservatism (Canadian) Progressive conservatism Economic liberalism |
Political position | Centre to centre-right |
Colours | Blue |
Seats in the Legislature | 79 / 124 |
Website | |
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During its uninterrupted governance from 1943 to 1985, the Ontario PC Party adhered to the ideology of Red Toryism, favouring government intervention in the economy, increased spending on infrastructure, education and health care and being progressive on social issues such as equal pay for women, anti-discrimination laws, voting rights for First Nations people and French-language services. In the 1990s, the party underwent a shift to Blue Toryism after the election of Mike Harris as leader, who was premier from 1995 to 2002 and favoured a "Common Sense Revolution" platform of cutting taxes and government spending while balancing the budget through small government. The PCs lost power in 2003; however, they came back into power with a majority government in 2018 under Doug Ford.