The two-party system: – Under a unified Canada different groups had different agendas, therefore two parties were created. Liberals Canada West Name: Clear Grit Leader: George Brown Represented: Majority Members: Mainly former Reformers In Canada East Name: Parti Rouge Leader: Antoine-Aimé Dorion Represented: Minority Members: Former radical Reformers and intellectuals, nationalists and anti-clericals (separate church and state). Conservatives Canada West Name: Conservative Party Leader: John A. Macdonald Represented: Minority Members: Former Tories and moderate reformers. Protestant, Anglophone with ties to Britain. Canada East Name: Parti Bleu Leader: George-Étienne Cartier Represented: Majority Montreal bourgeoisie Reformers. Business people. Had support of the clergy.
