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Upper Canada Tories

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Tories
LeaderJohn A. Macdonald (last)
FoundedEarly 19th century
Dissolved1867
Merged intoConservative Party of Ontario
HeadquartersYork, Upper Canada (until 1834)
Toronto, Canada West (after 1834)
IdeologyConservatism
Toryism
Political positionCentre-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; they would finally merge as a single political party, the Conservative Party of Canada, after 1867.

List of political figures with ties to the Tories

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References

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  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.