Why The Liberal Party Successful

Decent Essays
The Liberal Party has been governing Canada for many years. They were able to govern for many years because they used the formula for success, which is the straddling of political center, created under the leadership of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The liberal party has been successful over the years, having created many governments and gave Canada more than 10 prime ministers. Although it wasn't always this way as in the first few years of confederation the liberal party has little success with beating the conservative party and their prime minster at the time, John A MacDonald. Although, later the Liberals did find success due to the downfall of the Conservative party over the Pacific Scandal. Thus, allowing Alexander Mackenzie to create Canada’s

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Labour Party In Australia

    • 1319 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Australian Labor Party is the oldest political organization in the political history of Australia, since it was formed in the 1890s and it had a representative in the first federal government that was elected in 1901. The major purpose of its formation was the early trade unions that existed by that period, and since then, it has maintained a close relationship with the trade unions in Australia. The party’s national platform provides the supporters and members with a clear outline of labor’s values, beliefs and government programs. Generally, the party’s platform has been progressive since its formation, this is in terms of political, economic and social progression, which has not been to the liking of the known conservative electorate. However,…

    • 1319 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    However, a man who carefully encouraged the country to gain independence from the British reign was named William Lyon Mackenzie King. King stood by Canada, to train it and make it another country equal to Britain. It can be determined that Mackenzie King’s contribution, as a Prime Minister, has shaped Canada’s growing autonomy from…

    • 835 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Ontario Liberals have a long tradition of working to improve the lives of all Ontarians. Today we continue on in the best tradition of the early party – whether it be making post-secondary education more affordable, and more in reach, giving families more money to help with the high cost of raising their kids, or investing in sustainable infrastructure, which makes our communities safer and more resilient, even helping to make Ontario a North American leader in clean technology – attracting more, higher paying jobs for Ontario families. It is important that the people who live here, and that will be mostly affected by who is chosen to become prime minister has their fair share of needs met, and their opinions voiced. With the cost of post-secondary…

    • 553 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In 1962, Lesage’s Liberal Party won re-election with a campaign targeted on the nationalization of hydroelectricity and the slogan “Maîtres chez nous” (Behiels & Hayday, 2011, p. 184). In effect, the numerous changes that were made reflected the Québécois, because Lesage wanted to fortify Quebec nationalism. One of the most successful changes made by the Lesage government was the secularization of Quebec from the Roman Catholic Church, through the education reform (Pious, 1973, p. 56). In 1964, the school curriculum and powers over schools and teachers were essentially taken away from the Church and entrusted under the new Ministry of Education, whose aim was to produce a skilled labour force and instill Québécois values (Behiels & Hayday,…

    • 258 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Later people new that as long as Pierre was Prime Minister, they will not separate Quebec From Canada. Once Trudeau was beat in the 1979 Canadian election, Quebec believed that it was a perfect time to obtain sovereignty. Though the attempts to the separation were on track to succeeding, Trudeau was re-elected in 1980. Finally Trudeau managed to collapse the chances of sovereignty. Still to this day, Trudeau has succeeded in preventing Quebec from leaving Canada, and maintaining our multiculturalism.…

    • 828 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Canadian Confederation

    • 1279 Words
    • 6 Pages

    While the Annexation Bill of 1866 did not necessarily go anywhere, the mere fact that it was introduced and looked over in the House of Representatives in the United States was enough cause for concern, especially with the recent history of incidents (Annexation Bill). It is then to no surprise that potential US aggression contributed an important role in influencing the timing and formation of Canada’s confederation. As pointed out by Joseph Rhymal, with a combined military force between four or more colonies, it improved BNA defence from potential southern aggressors, which appeared to be an attractive suggestion (Girard 5, Canada…

    • 1279 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This made to where it would take a small militia to outnumber the armed forces of “Canada.” Whenever Americans troops went in and displayed that the Canadians’ former loyalty to America wouldn’t protect them from the burning and pillaging of homes and farms. These former Americans would still only fight if they knew the British showed they would be in defense of…

    • 929 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    There was a quote said once by Pierre Trudeau, “Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home, in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them”. Trudeau was hoping that while he was Prime Minister, he would make every Canadian love their country and feel like everyone belongs. Trudeau took office in 1968 and ended his first term in 1979 and did a second term from 1980–84. During his time in office, he accomplished many things. Trudeau created the Official Languages Act of 1969, He enacted the War Measures Act during the FLQ Crisis in 1970, and made the Constitution Act of 1982. For these three Reasons, Pierre Trudeau was a successful Prime Minister during his time in office.…

    • 1189 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The progressives became successful in their goals in many ways. The Progressive Era was an effort to get rid of the political, social, and economic problems during the Industrial Revolution. It took place from 1900 to 1917. The year 1917 was a significant end date for the Progressive Era because that was when World War I started. The idea of ¨social darwinism¨ had a big impact on these problems.…

    • 493 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This movement later came to be known as the Quiet Revolution. After the election in 1962, the liberal party was chosen yet again to lead the province, this time with a different slogan, “Masters in our own house”. What they accomplish while in power was acquiring Quebec’s power source and turning it into a provincially owned power monopoly. Hydro-Quebec became one of the largest crown corporations in North America, further strengthening Quebec’s economy.…

    • 1517 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The explanation for what it means to be liberal or conservative comes down to the ideological differences between them. Each party holds a standard to their basic principles and these lists are the primary ideological differences between Canada’s Conservative and Liberal parties. The focal differences amongst each party fall upon their views of society and its importance to the state, versus what the states significance to society is. To be Conservative is to maintain a center to right-wing view. Their economic opinions are…

    • 1322 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Canada feared of the United States taking over what was left of British North America. This was presented in the movie when John A. was talking to the then Governor General about the U.S threat and how the colony was so powerful. In 1854, the British North American colonies had signed a Reciprocity Treaty with the U.S for a ten-year period. In 1865, the American government decided to end the treaty. The British North American…

    • 1324 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Indian Act Essay

    • 485 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Canada would not be Canada if it were not for the land and wealth that indigenous peoples were deprived of in order for this country to grow. Palmater mentions that the land that rightfully belonged to the Indigenous peoples was unethically taken away from them for the purpose of the country’s farms, oil extraction, mining, and overall development. Both Bonspiel and Kassam argue that this was a cause of the British North America Act of July 1, 1867, which did not declare Canadian independence from Britain, and still allowed them to mistreat the Indigenous peoples by stealing their lands, territories, and resources. A nomadic lifestyle would presumably make one a disqualifier from land title, however even those indigenous nations that were not nomadic, were not Christian, a religion in which Europeans believed was a necessity to own land (Jhappan 6). Palmater also mentions that the Indian Act of 1876 was a large contributor to land claims.…

    • 485 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The importance of political culture cannot be dismissed for it creates a state in which can operate cohesively with its citizens to be efficient in policy making, protection of national boarders and its population, maintaining international peace, etc. When there is not this sort of connection between those who govern and those who are govern, then there is a separation within the state in questioning if the the country has the ability to truly representing the values, beliefs and attitudes of society. While a British citizen holds the role of electing which political party will hold the majoring in the parliament, it is the leader within that political party which ends up becoming the Prime Minister. Even if there may be more a separation…

    • 365 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Stock Market Crash of 1929 that triggered the Great Depression in Canada has forever changed the country. During the 1920 's, the Canadian and the United States stock market was evaluated by the potential growth of companies and people were “invest hungry” and hardly looked at the assets because they thought that it would rise no matter what and that it was a no risk, high profit investment. It was predicted on October 24, 1929 (Black Thursday) that the market had reached an all time high and that the"bull" stock market was so high that it would be hard for it to continue rising at the same rate. Unfortunately on October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday) the North American stock market was crashing and in a panic everyone started to sell their stocks…

    • 1134 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays