Pink Tory

In Canadian politics, a Pink Tory is a pejorative term for a liberal member of one of the Conservative or Progressive Conservative parties, further to the left than a Red Tory. The term was often derisively applied to the 1971 to 1985 Ontario Progressive Conservative government of Bill Davis^[1] by critics on the right, particularly Toronto Sun columnist Claire Hoy.^{[citation needed]} The term was used positively by Ron Dart to describe the political philosophy of Robert Stanfield in the 1968 election as a "sort of pink toryism".^[2] In 2002, Jim Flaherty described rival leadership contender Ernie Eves as a "pink" Tory.^[3]

See also

• Red Tory
• Blue Grit
• Blue Tory
• High Tory
• Libertarian
• Limousine liberal
• Republican in Name Only
• Liberal conservatism

References

1. Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Transcript of Debates (Hansard) May 14, 1992 [1]
2. Dart, Ron. The North American High Tory Tradition. Page 83
3. "Ontario Liberal leader takes aim at incoming premier". CBC News. March 25, 2002. Retrieved February 11, 2018.