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In Canadian politics, a Pink Tory is a pejorative term for a liberal member of one of the
Conservative or
Progressive Conservative parties, more liberal than a
Red Tory. The term was often derisively applied to the 1971 to 1985
Ontario Progressive Conservative government of
Bill Davis
[1] by critics on the right, particularly
Toronto Sun columnist
Claire Hoy.[
citation needed]. The term was used positively by
Ron Dart to describe the political philosophy of
Robert Stanfield in the 1968 election as a "sort of pink toryism".
[2] In 2002,
Jim Flaherty described rival leadership contender
Ernie Eves as a "pink" Tory.
[3] More recently the term has been used to describe socially progressive Conservatives who support
same-sex marriage and are
pro-choice.
[4]
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