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Also Known As Parti Progressiste-Conservateur du Canada
Date 1854 - 2003
Areas Of Involvement conservatism
Related People Jean Charest • Doug Ford • Lincoln Alexander • Brian Mulroney • Mike Harris • Kim Campbell • Joe Clark • Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal • Robert L. Stanfield • Sir George-Étienne Cartier, Baronet • John G. Diefenbaker • Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis • Sir Richard John Cartwright • Sir George Eulas Foster • Alexander Morris

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