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Tories
Leader John A. Macdonald (last)
FoundedEarly 19th century
Dissolved1867
Succeeded by Conservative Party of Ontario
Headquarters York, Upper Canada (until 1834)
Toronto, Canada West (after 1834)
Ideology Conservatism
Toryism
Political position Centre-right

The Upper Canada Tories were formed from the elements of the Family Compact after the War of 1812. [1] The movement was an early political party and merely a group of like-minded conservative elite in the early days of Canada.

The Tories would later form an alliance with the Parti bleu in Lower Canada after the Union of 1841 and finally merge as a single political party, the Conservative Party of Canada, after 1867.

List of political figures with ties to the Tories

References

  1. ^ Passfield, Robert W. (2018). The Upper Canadian Anglican Tory Mind : a cultural fragment. Rock's Mills Press. ISBN  1-77244-137-6. OCLC  1066191131.