| − | The '''Conservative Party of Canada''', or '''parti conservateur du canada''', and colloquially known as the '''Tories''', is a [[Canada|Canadian]] federal [[political party]], formed after the 2003 amalgamation of the national [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]] and the [[Canadian Alliance]]. The party united right-of-center and right-wing Canadians under one common banner and won a [[minority government]] in 2006, ending a 13-year reign by the [[Liberal Party of Canada]]. The current party leader, and [[Prime Minister of Canada]], is the Right Honourable [[Stephen Harper]]. They currently have a majority government with 166 out of 308 seats. There are also provincial versions of the Conservative party, of varying dominance, in almost every province, with the exception of Quebec. | + | The '''Conservative Party of Canada''', or '''parti conservateur du canada''', and colloquially known as the '''Tories''', is a [[Canada|Canadian]] federal [[political party]], formed after the 2003 amalgamation of the national [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]] and the [[Canadian Alliance]]. The party united right-of-center and right-wing Canadians under one common banner and won a [[minority government]] in 2006, ending a 13-year reign by the [[Liberal Party of Canada]]. Its party leader until 2015, and [[Prime Minister of Canada]] until then, was the Right Honourable [[Stephen Harper]]. The party held a majority government with 166 out of 308 seats. There are also provincial versions of the Conservative party, of varying dominance, in almost every province, with the exception of Quebec. |
| | Its success proved to be short-lived. This party largely abandoned socially conservative issues and pursued the dead-end of fiscal reform alone. In 2015 this game-plan resulted in a landslide defeat. | | Its success proved to be short-lived. This party largely abandoned socially conservative issues and pursued the dead-end of fiscal reform alone. In 2015 this game-plan resulted in a landslide defeat. |