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| Fonds/Collection Number: | F0384 |
| Title: | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Centennial Conference fonds |
| Dates: | 1967 |
| Extent: | 0.24 m of textual records |
| Biographical Sketch/ Administrative History: | The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was established in 1942 when John Bracken, a Progressive party premier of Manitoba, became leader of the national Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons. The Party enjoyed electoral success under John Diefenbaker, forming governments in 1957, 1958 and 1962, but losing the elections of 1963 and 1965. Diefenbaker was ousted from the leadership in 1967. |
| Scope and Content: |
The fonds consists of papers, background material and newspaper clippings relating to the 'Centennial Conference' of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada held in Montmorency, Quebec in August, 1967. There are also newspaper clippings relating to the leadership convention of September 1967 when Robert Stanfield was elected leader of the national party. |
| Restrictions on Access and Use: | No restrictions on access. |
| Finding Aid: | File list available. |
| URL of Finding Aid: | http://archivesfa.library.yorku.ca/fonds/ON00370-f0000384.pdf |
| Accruals: | The fonds comprises the following accession: 1976-022. No further accruals are expected. |
| 1976-022 |
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| Related Records: | See Jack Granastein fonds (F0316), for related material to the Diefenbaker period in power, leading up to the convention of 1967. |
| Immediate source of acquisition: | Donated by J.L. Granatstein in 1976. |
| Provenance Access Points: | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Centennial Convention (1967 : Toronto, Ont.) |
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Date of creation: 2002/04/05 Date of last revision: 2012/08/10 |
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