conservative party

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Conservative Party

Any of a number of political parties of various nationalities, often opposed to labour parties

Conservative party values are said to be very out-of-date by promoters of multiculturalism.

A political organisation that is said to be closely affiliated with the Church of England

Margaret Thatcher was the first ever female Prime Minister and was a Conservative party candidate for that office.

British political party founded in 1832 which supports moderate progressivism and which is associated with the royal authorities and the Anglican church

The Conservative Party is the main right of centre party in Britain. A major political party of the United Kingdom, characterized by moderate progressivism. a British political party on the right. officially National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations. British political party whose guiding principles include promotion of private property and enterprise, maintenance of a strong military and foreign policy, and preservation of traditional cultural values and institutions. It is the heir of the old Tory Party, whose members began forming "conservative associations" after electoral rights were extended to the middle class in 1832. The modern party (whose members are often known as Tories) is essentially a coalition of two groups, and must balance its traditionalist and communitarian wing against its libertarian and individualist wing. It also experiences internal conflict over Britain's relationship with the European Union. Its membership is heavily dependent on the landowning and middle classes, but its electoral base has extended at times to incorporate about one-third of the working class. Since World War I, it and the Labour Party have dominated British politics

a political party in Great Britain which developed from the Tories in the 1830s; advocates a mixed economy and encourages property owning

Conservative

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Progressive Conservative Party

a political party in Canada with a right of centre ideology, which succeed the old Conservative Party of Canada, Liberal-Conservative Party of Canada, Blue Party and absorbed the Progressive Party of Canada. It was itself succeeded by the new Conservative Party of Canada

Progressive Conservative Party

one of the main political parties in Canada

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

Former Canadian political party. It was formed as the Liberal-Conservative Party in 1854 from a union of conservative and moderate-liberal political factions; except for a period during and after World War I, the party kept this name until 1942, when it adopted the name Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Its first leader was John Macdonald. The party led the government from 1854 to 1873 and again from 1878 to 1896. It regained power in coalition with the Quebec nationalists in 1911 but went down to severe defeat in 1921. From then until 1957 the party held power only twice, briefly in 1926 and from 1930 to 1935. The party held power from 1958 to 1963 under John G. Diefenbaker, from 1979 to 1980 under Joe Clark, and from 1984 to 1989 under Brian Mulroney. In 1993 it was reduced to only two seats in the Canadian House of Commons. In 2003 the Progressive Conservative Party merged with the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative Party of Canada. The party favoured reducing government intervention in both the economy and social affairs; strongly federalist, it also was less accommodating than other parties to Quebec separatism

Hyphenation

Con·ser·va·tive par·ty

Turkish pronunciation

kınsırvıtîv pärti

Pronunciation

/kənˈsərvətəv ˈpärtē/ /kənˈsɜrvətɪv ˈpɑːrtiː/