POG 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Party System, Canadian Alliance, Responsible Government

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 110
• Professor: Adam Thorn

Document Summary

Political party-an organization that endorses one or more of its members as candidates and. Parties develop policies on key issues, select leaders/local candidates, promotes national unity. Canadian believe they need political parties, but they do not like or trust them. The evolution of the canadian party system: until 1921, canada had a two-party system in which the conservatives and the. 2004-2008, no dominant party, minority governments, 2011-2015, dominant system. Official opposition, in 2011 the conservatives finally won a majority government with ndp as the official opposition, in 2015 the liberals won a majority government with the conservatives as the official opposition. The roots-after the adoption of responsible government, loose alliances of politicians sharing similar tendencies gradually coalesced into parties. Progressive conservative party: oldest party in canada until merger with canadian alliance in 2003 formed a new. Wa(cid:396) (cid:894)diefe(cid:374)(cid:271)ake(cid:396)(cid:895) a(cid:374)d the (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)"s (cid:894)b(cid:396)ia(cid:374) mul(cid:396)o(cid:374)ey(cid:895) but lost popularity in 1993 (kim. Campbell), so the new conservative party was formed.