Definitions

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  • proper noun Conservative Party
  • proper noun politics A member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name.
  • proper noun UK, politics A member of the Conservative party.
  • proper noun Canada, politics A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors

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Examples

  • I figured McVety represents social conservative convictions that shouldn’t be underestimated in Ottawa these days, as demonstrated by the Conservative government’s stand against funding abortion with foreign aid dollars.

    John Geddes 2010

  • Hugh had TWO British conservative commentators on - a Conservative MP Brooks Newmark and a journalist Gerard Baker of the Times - both advocated diplomacy.

    Rejoice, Rejoice! 2007

  • So even if their attitudes and their social values are conservative ones, there is a historic tension between Welshness and Toryism that makes it impossible for many people in Powys who would be 'natural Conservatives' in Herefordshire or Shropshire to ever think of putting a cross next to the name of a Conservative candidate.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • Just so it's clear, to future Chad-like posters, conservative-minded thinktanks are going to employ conservative thinkers, who in all likelihood are Conservative members/MPs/girlfriends of Conservative strategists.

    What Does the Smith Institute Get From Bob Shrum? 2007

  • That said, I still cannot see the Conservative Party offering anything close to a conservative policy platform at the next election under the permissive liberal Blair-clone of a PR consultant that is David Cameron although I do still hope that the only Conservative gain at the next General Election is Montgomeryshire.

    A view from Rural Wales Glyn Davies 2007

  • A pre-election email circulated to conservative activists in the U.S. by right-wing firebrand Paul Weyrich's Free Congress Foundation warned that, "Canadian voters have been led to believe that American conservatives are scary and if the Conservative party can be linked with us, they perhaps can diminish a Conservative victory."

    view from the southleft 2006

  • A pre-election email circulated to conservative activists in the U.S. by right-wing firebrand Paul Weyrich's Free Congress Foundation warned that, "Canadian voters have been led to believe that American conservatives are scary and if the Conservative party can be linked with us, they perhaps can diminish a Conservative victory."

    Archive 2006-01-01 2006

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'College Republicans to host ‘Conservative Coming Out Day’'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Indiana State students are encouraged by the College Republicans to publicly declare their conservative beliefs at the first National Conservative Coming Out Day today.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: College Republicans to host ��Conservative Coming Out Day�� 2005

  • And the idea was that these would -- generally would balance the conservative nature of the hereditary peers, even though the hereditaries weren't by any means all supporters of the Conservative

    The Abolition of Britain: From Winston Churchill to Princess Diana 2000

  • Much of Mr. Harper's record consists of things that can't even be considered conservative, suggested Rod Love, a longtime Conservative strategist in Alberta.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Stephanie Levitz 2011

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