 the liberal-conservative party was the formal name of the conservative party of canada until 1873, although some conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple conservatives prior to 1873. in many of canada's early elections, there were both "liberal-conservative" and "conservative" candidates; however, these were simply different labels used by candidates of the same party, both were part of sir john a. macdonald's government and official conservative and liberal-conservative candidates would not, generally, run against each other. it was also not uncommon for a candidate to run on one label in one election and the other in a subsequent election. the roots of the name are in the coalition of 1853 in which moderate reformers and conservatives from canada west joined with bleus from canada east under the dual premiership of sir allan macnab and a.-n. morin. the new ministry committed to secularizing clergy reserves in canada west and abolishing seigneurial tenure in canada east.j.m.s. careless, the union of the canadas 1841-1857, toronto: mcclelland & stewart, 1967, pp. 192-197. over time, the liberal-conservatives evolved into the conservative party and their opponents, the clear grits and the parti rouge evolved into the liberal party of canada.joseph wearing, "finding our parties' roots" in canadian parties in transition, 2nd ed., toronto: nelson canada, 1996, pp. 19-20 on october 12, 1916, the last liberal-conservative cabinet minister, sam hughes, was dismissed, making the executive all officially conservative party members. prominent liberal-conservative members of parliament and senators in canadian history include: *sir john a. macdonald *sir george-Ãtienne cartier *sir alexander tilloch galt *john carling *sir john rose *thomas d'arcy mcgee *joseph howe *sir samuel leonard tilley *sir john joseph caldwell abbott *john henry pope *joseph aldÃ©ric ouimet (liberal-conservative mp 1873-1896, ran as conservative and defeated in 1908) *sir john sparrow david thompson *sir samuel hughes *sir hugh john macdonald *archibald woodbury mclelan (liberal-conservative senator, resigned and elected to the house of commons as a conservative after 1881) *joseph godÃ©ric blanchet (liberal-conservative from 1867-1875, conservative 1875-1878, liberal-conservative 1878-18
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