POLS 205 Lecture Notes - Sponsorship Scandal, Peter Mackay, Visible Minority
12 Oct 2012
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Between 1945 and 2005, liberals formed government for 44 years (73% of the time) They were once considered canada"s natural governing party . How did they become to be known as the natural governing party: started off rather poorly, in 1873-78, formed one-term government and suffered via pacific scandal. Came out of the gate slowly: 1896 party"s fortunes began to change. Was able to figure out formula for success. Worked out well for party over time. Conservative government did poor job with qu bec with how they handled manitoba"s schools question: initially, all parties had equal support. Conservatives mishandled relations with lame qu bec province. Shifted into strong pragmatic politics: mackenzie king. Pm for 21 years and 5 months. Conservative party couldn"t get its act together: began as liberal-conservative party, became conservative party in 1873, progressive conservative party in 1942. Pc continued: canadian alliance (2000)/pc continued, conservative party of canada in 2003.
