List of Red Tories
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This is a list of people who fit the traditional definition of a Red Tory
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Red Tory
A red Tory is an adherent of a particular political philosophy, tradition, and disposition in Canada somewhat similar to the High Tory tradition in the United Kingdom; it is contrasted with "blue Tory". In Canada, the phenomenon of "red toryism" has fundamentally, if not exclusively, been found in...
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| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Norman Atkins | June 27, 1934 | — |
| Isabel Bassett Isabel Bassett Isabel Bassett is a Canadian broadcaster and former politician. From 1999 until 2005 she was the chair and CEO of TVOntario/TFO, Ontario's provincial public television network. She has been a controversial figure at times, but is also a highly regarded pioneer in Canadian... |
August 23, 1939 | — |
| Robert Borden Robert Borden Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office... |
June 26, 1854 | June 10, 1937 |
| Dalton Camp Dalton Camp Dalton Kingsley Camp, PC, OC was a Canadian journalist, politician, political strategist and commentator and supporter of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Despite having never been elected to a seat in the House of Commons, he was a prominent and influential politician and a popular... |
September 11, 1920 | March 18, 2002 |
| Joe Clark Joe Clark Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician... |
June 5, 1939 | — |
| David Crombie | April 24, 1936 | — |
| Ron Dart Ron Dart Ronald Samuel Dart , BA ; DCS, MCS , MA , PhD studies at , is a , author, and ACC mountaineer.... |
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| Bill Davis Bill Davis William Grenville "Bill" Davis, was the 18th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1971 to 1985. Davis was first elected as the MPP for Peel in the 1959 provincial election where he was a backbencher in Leslie Frost's government. Under John Robarts, he was a cabinet minister overseeing the education... |
July 30, 1929 | — |
| John Diefenbaker John Diefenbaker John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963... |
September 18, 1895 | August 16, 1979 |
| Ernie Eves Ernie Eves Ernest Lawrence "Ernie" Eves was the 23rd Premier of the province of Ontario, Canada, from April 15, 2002, to October 23, 2003.-Beginnings:... |
June 17, 1946 | — |
| John Farthing John Farthing John Colborne Farthing was a student, soldier, thinker, philosopher, economist, teacher, and author of the seminal tract Freedom Wears a Crown which became rather quickly an epistle of Red Toryism.-Early years:... |
March 18, 1897 | March 9, 1954 |
| Leslie Frost Leslie Frost Leslie Miscampbell Frost, was a politician in Ontario, Canada, who served as the 16th Premier from May 4, 1949 to November 8, 1961. Due to his lengthy tenure, he gained the nickname "Old Man Ontario".-Early years:... |
September 20, 1895 | May 4, 1973 |
| Davie Fulton Davie Fulton Edmund Davie Fulton, PC, OC, QC was a Canadian Rhodes Scholar, politician and judge. Popularly known as E. Davie Fulton. He was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, the son of politician/lawyer Frederick John Fulton and Winnifred M. Davie, daughter of A.E.B. Davie... |
March 10, 1916 | May 22, 2000 |
| Edwin A. Goodman Edwin A. Goodman Edwin A. Goodman, PC, OC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and political figure.Goodman was called to the bar in 1947 and was one of the founding partners of Goodmans LLP, a Toronto law firm as well as a life bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada... |
1918 | August 23, 2006 |
| George Grant George Grant (philosopher) George Parkin Grant, OC, FRSC was a Canadian philosopher, teacher and political commentator, whose popular appeal peaked in the late 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for his nationalism, political conservatism, and his views on technology, pacifism, Christian faith, and abortion... |
November 13, 1918 | September 27, 1988 |
| Barbara Greene Barbara Greene Barbara Greene is a Canadian politician. She served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. She was previously a municipal politician in North York, and campaigned for mayor of the city in 1985... |
September 1, 1945 | — |
| Larry Grossman Larry Grossman Lawrence "Larry" Sheldon Grossman was a politician in Ontario, Canada.-Early years:Born in Toronto, Grossman was the son of Allan Grossman, who had represented a downtown Toronto riding in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for twenty years after defeating Ontario's last Communist Member of... |
December 2, 1943 | June 1997 |
| Peter Lougheed Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, is a Canadian lawyer, and a former politician and Canadian Football League player. He served as the tenth Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985.... |
July 26, 1928 | — |
| Heath MacQuarrie Heath MacQuarrie Heath Nelson Macquarrie was a Canadian politician, teacher, scholar, and writer... |
September 18, 1919 | January 2, 2002 |
| Nancy MacBeth Nancy MacBeth Nancy MacBeth, née Elliott is a Canadian politician, who was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party from 1998 to 2001.-Early life:... |
December 29, 1948 | — |
| David MacDonald | August 20, 1936 | — |
| Flora MacDonald | June 3, 1926 | — |
| John A. Macdonald John A. Macdonald Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century... |
January 11, 1815 | June 6, 1891 |
| W. L. Morton | December 13, 1908 | December 7, 1980 |
| Lowell Murray Lowell Murray Lowell Murray, PC is a former Canadian senator and long-time activist with the federal Progressive Conservative Party.-Education:... |
September 26, 1936 | — |
| David Orchard David Orchard David Orchard is a Canadian political figure, member of the Liberal Party of Canada, who was the Liberal Party candidate for the Saskatchewan riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in the 2008 federal election.Previously, Orchard was a member of the now defunct Progressive Conservative... |
June 28, 1950 | — |
| Alison Redford Alison Redford Alison Merrilla Redford Q.C., MLA, is a Canadian politician, and the 14th and current Premier of Alberta, Canada. Upon winning the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, in October 2011, she became the first female premier in Alberta... |
March 7, 1965 | — |
| John Robarts John Robarts John Parmenter Robarts, PC, CC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and statesman, and the 17th Premier of Ontario.-Early life:... |
January 11, 1917 | October 18, 1982 |
| Dufferin Roblin Dufferin Roblin Dufferin "Duff" Roblin, PC, CC, OM was a Canadian businessman and politician. Known as "Duff," he served as the 14th Premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. Roblin was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In the government of Brian Mulroney, he served as... |
June 17, 1917 | — |
| Nancy Ruth Nancy Ruth Nancy Ruth, CM is a Canadian Senator from Ontario. She was appointed to the Senate by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the advice of Prime Minister Paul Martin, on March 24, 2005. While initially appointed as a Progressive Conservative, on March 28, 2006 she joined the Conservative caucus... |
January 6, 1942 | — |
| Hugh Segal Hugh Segal Hugh Segal, CM is a Canadian senator, political strategist, author, and commentator. Segal is credited with helping Stephen Harper become Prime Minister by moderating his image.-Life and career:... |
October 13, 1950 | — |
| Robert Stanfield Robert Stanfield Robert Lorne Stanfield, PC, QC was the 17th Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He is sometimes referred to as "the greatest prime minister Canada never had", and earned the nickname "Honest Bob"... |
April 11, 1914 | December 16, 2003 |
| John Tory John Tory John Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster... |
May 28, 1954 | — |
| Mark Warner Mark Warner (Canadian politician) Mark A. A. Warner is a Canadian international trade and competition lawyer previously with the Toronto firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin and with the Government of Ontario.... |
1964 | — |
| Danny Williams Danny Williams (politician) Daniel E. "Danny" Williams, QC, MHA is a Canadian politician, businessman and lawyer who served as the ninth Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador between November 6, 2003, and December 3, 2010. Williams was born and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador... |
August 4, 1949 | — |
| Elizabeth Witmer Elizabeth Witmer Elizabeth Witmer is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1990, originally representing Waterloo North and later Kitchener—Waterloo for the Progressive Conservative Party.Witmer moved with her family to Ontario at a young age... |
October 16, 1946 | — |
| Larry Zolf Larry Zolf Larry Zolf was a Canadian journalist and commentator.Zolf was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He earned a B.A. from the University of Winnipeg, and then received a Masters degree in Canadian history from the University of Toronto. In 1962, he joined the CBC... |
July 19, 1934 | March 14, 2011 |