Progressive Conservative
Americannoun
adjective
noun
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who also leads the province’s Progressive Conservative Party, urged forceful pushback.
From Salon • Aug. 11, 2025
Mulroney, who died Feb. 29 at age 84, was prime minister for nine years between 1984 and 1993 and led the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2024
Before I arrived in New Brunswick earlier this week to report an unrelated article, six members of the Progressive Conservative caucus, including two members of Mr. Higgs’s cabinet, publicly challenged the premier.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2023
The current Conservative party was formed by the 2003 merger of populist Reform Party and the centrist Progressive Conservative party, which would go on to win three consecutive elections between 2006 to 2011.
From Reuters • Feb. 2, 2022
In the 1988 elections, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, led by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, had won a second majority with 169 seats out of 295 in the House of Commons.
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