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[[Image:649px-Conservative Party of Canada.png|right|thumb|Conservative Party of Canada LOGO]]
[[Image:649px-Conservative Party of Canada.png|right|thumb|Conservative Party of Canada LOGO]]
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.
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. The party is currently led by Member of Parliament Andrew Scheer of Saskatchewan.
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.