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Liberal Party of Canada

For other liberal political parties in Canada, see Liberalism in Canada § Current parties.

Liberal Party of Canada
Parti libéral du Canada
AbbreviationLPC
PLC
LeaderMark Carney
PresidentSachit Mehra
House leaderArielle Kayabaga
FounderGeorge Brown
FoundedJuly 1, 1867 (1867-07-01)
Merger ofParti rouge (Canada East)
Clear Grits (Canada West)
Headquarters
Youth wingYoung Liberals of Canada
Membership (2025)Increase ~400,000[1][a]
IdeologyLiberalism (Canadian)
Social liberalism[2]
Political positionCentre to centre-left
International affiliationLiberal International[3]
Colours  Red
Senate[b]
0 / 105
House of Commons
152 / 338
Website
liberal.ca Edit this at Wikidata

The Liberal Party of Canada (LPC; Quebec French: Parti libéral du Canada, PLC) is a federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism,[6][7][8] and generally sits at the centre[6][9][10] to centre-left[10][11] of the Canadian political spectrum, with their main rival, the Conservative Party, positioned to their right and the New Democratic Party positioned to their left.[6][12][13] The party is described as "big tent",[14] practising "brokerage politics",[c] attracting support from a broad spectrum of voters.[20] The Liberal Party is the longest-serving and oldest active federal political party in the country, and has dominated federal politics of Canada for much of its history, holding power for almost 70 years of the 20th century.[21][12] As a result, it has sometimes been referred to as Canada's "natural governing party".[22][14][23]

Founded in 1867, the party first came into power in 1873 under Alexander Mackenzie, but were voted out five years later due to the economic conditions at the time. They would not come back to office until 1896; Wilfrid Laurier was prime minister from that year until the party's defeat in 1911 and his tenure was marked by several compromises between English and French Canada. The party then governed again from 1921 to 1926, from 1926 to 1930, and from 1935 to 1948 under William Lyon Mackenzie King and then under Louis St. Laurent from 1948 to 1957, both of whom gradually built a Canadian welfare state. Lester B. Pearson expanded the welfare state during his tenure as prime minister from 1963 to 1968, while his successor, Pierre Trudeau, continued this expansion while promoting economic nationalism, social progressivism, and a more independent foreign policy during his governance from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. After electoral defeats in 1984 and 1988 led by John Turner, the party returned to power in 1993 under Jean Chrétien, who combined social liberalism with fiscal conservatism through a Third Way philosophy, a tradition which continued under his successor, Paul Martin, until the party lost power in 2006. The party regained power under Justin Trudeau in 2015, who brought the Liberals from third place to majority government. Trudeau was succeeded by Mark Carney as party leader and prime minister in 2025.

The Liberals' signature policies and legislative decisions include universal health care, the Canada Pension Plan, Canada Student Loans, the establishment of the Royal Canadian Navy in 1910, the unification of the armed forces in 1968, multilateralism, official bilingualism, official multiculturalism, gun control, the patriation of the Constitution of Canada and the establishment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Clarity Act, legalizing same-sex marriage, euthanasia, cannabis, national carbon pricing, expanded access to abortion, and a national early learning and child care program.[7][24][25][26]

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  17. ^ Stephen Brooks (2004). Canadian Democracy: An Introduction. Oxford University Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-19-541806-4. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2020. Two historically dominant political parties have avoided ideological appeals in favour of a flexible centrist style of politics that is often labelled brokerage politics.
  18. ^ David Johnson (2016). Thinking Government: Public Administration and Politics in Canada, Fourth Edition. University of Toronto Press. pp. 13–23. ISBN 978-1-4426-3521-0. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2020. ... most Canadian governments, especially at the federal level, have taken a moderate, centrist approach to decision making, seeking to balance growth, stability, and governmental efficiency and economy ... .
  19. ^ Miriam Smith (2014). Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada: Second Edition. University of Toronto Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-4426-0695-1. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2020. Canada's party system has long been described as a "brokerage system" in which the leading parties (Liberal and Conservative) follow strategies that appeal across major social cleavages in an effort to defuse potential tensions.
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