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How the Conservative Party of Canada Came to Add ‘Progressive’ to Its Name in 1942

How the Conservative Party of Canada Came to Add ‘Progressive’ to Its Name in 1942
John Bracken makes his farewell speech at the Progressive Conservative leadership convention after resigning as leader, in Ottawa in 1948. CP Photo
C.P. Champion
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Why did Canada’s national Conservative Party once have the paradoxical name of “Progressive Conservative,” as do most provincial Tory parties to this day?

C.P. Champion
C.P. Champion
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C.P. Champion, Ph.D., is the author of two books, was a fellow of the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen's University in 2021, and edits The Dorchester Review magazine, which he founded in 2011.