Liberal-Conservative Party

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The Liberal-Conservative Party was a 19th-century Canadian political party that blended liberal and conservative principles and played a key role in early Canadian Confederation politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
activeInCentury 19th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Liberal Conservatives ⓘ
Liberal-Conservative coalition ⓘ
associatedWith Alexander Tilloch Galt ⓘ
Charles Tupper ⓘ
linked to: Sir Charles Tupper

George-Étienne Cartier ⓘ
Hugh Allan ⓘ
John A. Macdonald ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
governedLevel federal ⓘ
provincial (in some provinces) ⓘ
hadParliamentaryLeader George-Étienne Cartier ⓘ
John A. Macdonald ⓘ
historicalSuccessor Liberal-Conservative designation within the Conservative Party of Canada (historical) ⓘ
ideology conservatism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
influencedBy British parliamentary conservatism ⓘ
classical liberalism ⓘ
languageContext English ⓘ
mergedInto Conservative Party of Canada (historical) ⓘ
opposedBy Clear Grits ⓘ
Reform movement in Canada ⓘ
originatedIn Province of Canada ⓘ
participatedIn early post-Confederation federal governments ⓘ
pre-Confederation coalition governments in the Province of Canada ⓘ
partOf Canadian party system in the 19th century ⓘ
playedRoleIn Canadian Confederation ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-right ⓘ
positionOnFederalism strong central government ⓘ
positionOnReligion accommodation of Catholic and Protestant interests ⓘ
positionOnTrade protectionist tendencies ⓘ
predecessorOf Conservative Party of Canada (historical) ⓘ
regionOfStrength Maritime provinces ⓘ
linked to: Maritime Provinces

Ontario ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
representedInterest business interests ⓘ
commercial elites ⓘ
some Catholic interests in Quebec ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
supported Confederation of British North American colonies ⓘ
supportedMonarch British Crown ⓘ
supportedPolicy economic development ⓘ
railway expansion ⓘ
tariff protection for Canadian industry ⓘ
supportedSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Sandfield Macdonald → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal-Conservative Party ⓘ
John A. Macdonald → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal-Conservative Party ⓘ
George-Étienne Cartier → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal-Conservative Party ⓘ
Unionist Party (Canada) → succeededBy → National Liberal and Conservative Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Unionist Party
linked to: Liberal-Conservative Party
Sir Charles Tupper → politicalParty → Liberal-Conservative Party ⓘ
John Sandfield Macdonald → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal-Conservative Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Sandfield
John Sandfield Macdonald → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal-Conservative Party ⓘ
subject linked to: John
SPS → type → conservative liberal party ⓘ
linked to: Liberal-Conservative Party
1st Canadian Parliament → primeMinisterParty → Liberal-Conservative Party ⓘ