New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party
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Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick
Parti progressiste-conservateur du Nouveau-Brunswick |
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| Active provincial party | |
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| Leader | Blaine Higgs |
| President | Rick Lafrance |
| Secretary | Lyne St. Pierre-Ellis |
| Representative & Official Agent | Robert Hatheway |
| Founded | 1867 |
| Headquarters | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Youth wing | PC Youth |
| Ideology |
Liberal conservatism Red Toryism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Conservative Party of Canada |
| Colours | Blue, Red, Yellow |
| Seats in Legislature |
22 / 49
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| Website | |
| www |
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The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right, conservative political party in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The party has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony. It has historically followed the Red Tory tradition. The Progressive Conservative Party was last in provincial government between 2010 and 2014 under the leadership of David Alward.
Initially, Conservative supporters tended to be United Empire Loyalists and supporters of the business community. In the 1860s, both the Conservative and Liberal parties split over the issue of Canadian confederation, and were replaced by the Confederation Party and the Anti-Confederation Party. By 1870, the pro-Confederation party became generally known as the Liberal-Conservatives or just "Conservatives", and were aligned with the national Conservative Party of Sir John A. Macdonald.
The party was aligned with the historic federal Conservative party. When the federal party changed its name to the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 1942, the New Brunswick party did the same. The federal Progressive Conservative Party dissolved in 2003, in order to merge with the Canadian Alliance and a new Conservative Party of Canada was created. The provincial party has no formal link with the current federal Conservative Party, but several of its members and elected MLAs, including former premier Premier Lord, publicly endorsed the federal party and in some cases its candidates in the 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2015 federal elections.
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