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Political party From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Tories | |
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Leader | John A. Macdonald (last) |
Founded | Early 19th century |
Dissolved | 1867 |
Succeeded by | Conservative Party of Ontario |
Headquarters | York, Upper Canada (until 1834) Toronto, Canada West (after 1834) |
Ideology | Conservatism Toryism |
Political position | Centre-right |
The Tories would later form an alliance with the Parti bleu in Lower Canada after the Union of 1841 and finally merge as a single political party, the Conservative Party of Canada, after 1867.
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