Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

The name Conservative Party of Canada has been used twice in Canadian history. For the current party founded 2003, please see the article Conservative Party of Canada.

Borden and the Conservative revival

The First World War created a further strain as most Quebecers were unenthusiastic about Canadian involvement in what they saw as a foreign, and particularly British, conflict, while Borden's English supporters were adamant that Canada must support the war effort and enact a policy of conscription (see Conscription Crisis of 1917).

Related Topics:
First World War - Conscription - Conscription Crisis of 1917

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Borden's government was unable to enact conscription on its own and attempted to form a coalition but when Laurier rejected this Borden formed a "Union government" with pro-conscription English Canadian Liberals. Borden thus created the Unionist Party through which he ultimately tried to create a permanent coalition of Conservatives and anti-Laurier Liberals.

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