Reform Party of Upper Canada

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The Reform Party of Upper Canada was a 19th-century political movement that advocated for responsible government and democratic reforms in the British colony of Upper Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political movement ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeInCentury 19th century ⓘ
advocatedFor greater local self-government ⓘ
more transparent government ⓘ
reduction of patronage ⓘ
aimedToReform clergy reserves system ⓘ
colonial administration of Upper Canada ⓘ
land policies in Upper Canada ⓘ
associatedWithEvent political agitation leading up to the Rebellions of 1837 ⓘ
country Upper Canada ⓘ
goal democratic reform ⓘ
responsible government ⓘ
hasNotableMember James Lesslie ⓘ
Marshall Spring Bidwell ⓘ
Peter Perry ⓘ
Robert Baldwin ⓘ
William Lyon Mackenzie ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-Confederation Canada ⓘ
ideology liberalism ⓘ
reformism ⓘ
influenced Canadian party politics ⓘ
development of responsible government in Canada ⓘ
influencedBy British liberalism ⓘ
Whig political thought ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

Canada ⓘ
opposedBy Tory establishment in Upper Canada ⓘ
opposedTo Family Compact ⓘ
colonial executive dominance ⓘ
oligarchic rule ⓘ
partOf Reform movement in British North America ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-left ⓘ
precededBy early reform factions in Upper Canada ⓘ
region Ontario (historical predecessor) ⓘ
linked to: Upper Canada
religiousStance often critical of Anglican establishment ⓘ
succeededBy Clear Grits ⓘ
Liberal Party of Canada (indirectly) ⓘ
Reform Party of the Province of Canada ⓘ
supported civil liberties ⓘ
elected legislative assemblies ⓘ
executive accountability to the legislature ⓘ
expanded male suffrage ⓘ
greater religious equality ⓘ
timePeriod c. 1820s–1840s ⓘ
typeOfOrganization parliamentary faction ⓘ
usedInstitution Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ

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John Sandfield Macdonald → memberOfPoliticalParty → Reform Party of Upper Canada ⓘ
William Lyon Mackenzie → politicalAffiliation → Reform Party of Upper Canada ⓘ
Reformers in Upper Canada → associatedOrganization → Reform Party of Upper Canada ⓘ
Peter Perry → politicalAlignment → Reform Party (Upper Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Reform Party of Upper Canada
Reform Party of Upper Canada → succeededBy → Reform Party of the Province of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Reform Party of Upper Canada