Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada) is Canada's current governing political party. It currently forms the federal government under Prime Minister Paul Martin.

Provincial and territorial Liberal parties

Each province in Canada has its own Liberal Party.

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In most provinces, they are direct organizational affiliates with the federal Liberal party, much like the provincial sections of the New Democratic Party.

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These parties, and their leaders, are:

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• Manitoba Liberal Party, Hon. Jon Gerrard, MLA
• New Brunswick Liberal Association, Shawn Graham, MLA
• Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, Hon. Gerry Reid (interim leader), MHA
• Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Francis MacKenzie
• Prince Edward Island Liberal Party, Robert Ghiz, MLA
• Saskatchewan Liberal Party, David Karwacki
• Yukon Liberal Party, Hon. Pat Duncan, MLA

The Ontario Liberal Party (Hon. Dalton McGuinty, MPP, Premier of Ontario, leader) and Alberta Liberal Party (Kevin Taft, MLA, leader) are officially autonomous but are still closely associated with the federal Liberal Party.

Related Topics:
Ontario Liberal Party - Dalton McGuinty - MPP - Premier - Ontario - Alberta Liberal Party - Kevin Taft - MLA

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The Parti libéral du Québec (Hon. Jean Charest, MNA, Premier of Quebec, leader) and the British Columbia Liberal Party (Hon. Gordon Campbell, MLA, Premier of British Columbia, leader) use the Liberal name but are completely independent of the federal party and function as coalitions of Liberal and Conservative supporters. They do not support the Liberal Party in federal elections, preferring to remain neutral. In practice, these parties, especially the B.C. Liberals, are mostly conservative in orientation, though they do have prominent supporters of the federal Liberals in their caucuses.

Related Topics:
Parti libéral du Québec - Jean Charest - MNA - Premier - Quebec - British Columbia Liberal Party - Gordon Campbell - MLA - British Columbia

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The Saskatchewan Party was an unofficial merger of the members of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan and members of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party, now contains supporters of the federal Conservatives and federal Liberals in its ranks. The Saskatchewan Party is also completely independent and officially neutral when it comes to federal politics, although its only leaders have had roots in the Reform and Progressive Conservative parties of the past.

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The Northwest Territories and Nunavut have non-partisan legislatures, except for 1898 to 1905 when parties were elected, to the Northwest Territories, Northwest Territories Liberal Party formed the opposition for two elections.

Related Topics:
Northwest Territories - Nunavut - Northwest Territories Liberal Party

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