Blue Grit

<h2 id="notable-adherents">Notable adherents</h2>
Notable Blue Grits include:

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Mark_Carney/KhaJA0KI">Mark Carney</a>, Prime Minister of Canada (2025–present), governor of the <a href="/facts/Bank_of_England/9ITfYV3q">Bank of England</a> (2013–2020) and governor of the <a href="/facts/Bank_of_Canada/jVY3BzG9">Bank of Canada</a> (2007–2013)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Jean_Chretien/ssH6gLYH">Jean Chretien</a>, Prime Minister of Canada (1993-2003) and <a href="/facts/Minister_of_Finance_(Canada)/mDgX2p5k">minister of finance</a> (1977-1979)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/John_Turner/bItyEVQ9">John Turner</a>, <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Canada/XhKW7uSD">Prime Minister of Canada</a> (1984) and <a href="/facts/Minister_of_Finance_(Canada)/mDgX2p5k">minister of finance</a> (1972–1975)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Paul_Martin/Med4Q4EU">Paul Martin</a>, Prime Minister of Canada (2003–2006) and minister of finance (1993–2002)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/John_Manley/lM6RWB4q">John Manley</a>, <a href="/facts/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Canada/XIp65SuC">Deputy Prime Minister</a> (2002–2003), minister of finance (2003–2003) and <a href="/facts/Minister_of_Industry_(Canada)/NUjypWvR">minister of industry</a> (1995–2000)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Martha_Hall_Findlay/hARDHLb4">Martha Hall Findlay</a>, Liberal leadership candidate in <a href="/facts/2006_Liberal_Party_of_Canada_leadership_election/mvpHRApn">2006</a> and <a href="/facts/2003_Liberal_Party_of_Canada_leadership_election/kRmDg40K">2013</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19">19</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Frank_McKenna/kyEzv9r5">Frank McKenna</a>, <a href="/facts/Premier_of_New_Brunswick/omRJAIT5">Premier of New Brunswick</a> (1987–1997)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21">21</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Roy_MacLaren_(politician)/Ic08TalM">Roy MacLaren</a>, minister of state for finance (1983–1984), <a href="/facts/Minister_of_National_Revenue/tWx34YRM">minister of national revenue</a> (1984) and <a href="/facts/Minister_for_International_Trade_(Canada)/HSJxgX9N">minister for international trade</a> (1993–1996)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23">23</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bonnie_Crombie/CGhSAazd">Bonnie Crombie</a>, 6th <a href="/facts/Mayor_of_Mississauga/bAu6IBrN">Mayor of Mississauga</a> (2014–2024), leader of the <a href="/facts/Ontario_Liberal_Party/pIB227M4">Ontario Liberal Party</a> (2023–present)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24">24</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Red_Tory/qKaMo8Lh">Red Tory</a> and <a href="/facts/Blue_Tory/ndRH3tBC">Blue Tory</a>, similar factionalism in the <a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_of_Canada/ByvP8qqp">Conservative Party of Canada</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Moderates_(Liberal_Party_of_Australia)/XjVUUaF0">Moderates (Liberal Party of Australia)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/New_Democrats_(United_States)/AShoyMXV">New Democrats (United States)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Rockefeller_Republican/3CWwlCsu">Rockefeller Republican</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Third_Way/q9bbL37a">Third Way</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Classical_liberalism/SMJD77vB">Classical liberalism</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Conservative_liberalism/HE5h2n4z">Conservative liberalism</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1">Greg Weston (June 13, 2010). "Tories win in Grit-NDP merger". QMI Agency. Toronto Sun. <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/greg_weston/2010/06/11/14355706.html" target="_blank">http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/greg_weston/2010/06/11/14355706.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Ken Gray (April 7, 2010). "Red Tory, Blue Grit". The Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141113063114/http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/columnists/story.html?id=b15a20ba-1b5f-449b-a1a7-d155e996e2f6&p=2" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141113063114/http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/columnists/story.html?id=b15a20ba-1b5f-449b-a1a7-d155e996e2f6&p=2</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Ron Graham (October 2013). "Born in the Burbs". The Walrus. <a href="http://thewalrus.ca/born-in-the-burbs/" target="_blank">http://thewalrus.ca/born-in-the-burbs/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Jessy Brunette (January 14, 2011). "'I was a very blue Liberal,' Reynolds says". The Sudbury Star. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141113053608/http://www.thesudburystar.com/2011/01/14/i-was-a-very-blue-liberal-reynolds-says" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141113053608/http://www.thesudburystar.com/2011/01/14/i-was-a-very-blue-liberal-reynolds-says</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">Steven Chase (April 13, 2013). "As leadership race winds down, Liberals still divided on an economic plan". The Globe and Mail. <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-leadership-race-winds-down-liberals-still-divided-on-an-economic-plan/article11183884/" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-leadership-race-winds-down-liberals-still-divided-on-an-economic-plan/article11183884/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Patrick Brethour (August 24, 2012). "Canada's new electoral divide: It's about the money". The Globe and Mail. <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-new-electoral-divide-its-about-the-money/article578586/" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-new-electoral-divide-its-about-the-money/article578586/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">Daniel Leblanc; Steven Chase & Jane Taber (December 15, 2012). "How the Liberal Party lost Mark Carney". The Globe and Mail. <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-the-liberal-party-lost-mark-carney/article6414626/?page=all" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-the-liberal-party-lost-mark-carney/article6414626/?page=all</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">"Opinion | Trudeau's Cabinet Has Diversity, But Conservative White Men Will Keep the Purse Strings | Common Dreams". www.commondreams.org. Retrieved 2024-06-23. <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/11/05/trudeaus-cabinet-has-diversity-conservative-white-men-will-keep-purse-strings" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/11/05/trudeaus-cabinet-has-diversity-conservative-white-men-will-keep-purse-strings</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">Marland, Alex (March 21, 2019). "The stifling conformity of party discipline". Policy Options. Retrieved 2025-05-27. <a href="https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/march-2019/the-stifling-conformity-of-party-discipline/" target="_blank">https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/march-2019/the-stifling-conformity-of-party-discipline/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">McGrath, John Michael (May 23, 2023). "'We govern from right of centre': Bonnie Crombie on how she'd lead the Ontario Liberals". TVO. Retrieved July 9, 2023. <a href="https://www.tvo.org/article/we-govern-from-right-of-centre-bonnie-crombie-on-how-shed-lead-the-ontario-liberals" target="_blank">https://www.tvo.org/article/we-govern-from-right-of-centre-bonnie-crombie-on-how-shed-lead-the-ontario-liberals</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">"Liberals, Conservatives gripped in a tie, next election will be 'like a knife fight in a telephone booth,' with Trump as disruptor: Nanos". The Hill Times. Retrieved 2025-04-30. <a href="https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/03/17/in-the-march-9-liberal-leadership-election-prime-minister-carney-secured-a-crushing-victory-winning-all-343-ridings/454044/" target="_blank">https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/03/17/in-the-march-9-liberal-leadership-election-prime-minister-carney-secured-a-crushing-victory-winning-all-343-ridings/454044/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">"Former PM Chretien says Liberal party must move back to "radical centre"". CTV News. Retrieved 2025-06-30. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/former-pm-chretien-says-liberal-party-must-move-back-to-radical-centre/" target="_blank">https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/former-pm-chretien-says-liberal-party-must-move-back-to-radical-centre/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">Tuns, Paul (June 16, 2014). "30 years of Liberal infighting". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved August 9, 2019. <a href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/paul-tuns-30-years-of-liberal-infighting" target="_blank">https://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/paul-tuns-30-years-of-liberal-infighting</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">"Five stories we're watching". Maclean's. October 1, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2019. <a href="https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/five-stories-were-watching-3/" target="_blank">https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/five-stories-were-watching-3/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">Ken Gray (April 7, 2010). "Red Tory, Blue Grit". The Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141113063114/http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/columnists/story.html?id=b15a20ba-1b5f-449b-a1a7-d155e996e2f6&p=2" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141113063114/http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/columnists/story.html?id=b15a20ba-1b5f-449b-a1a7-d155e996e2f6&p=2</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">Steven Chase (April 13, 2013). "As leadership race winds down, Liberals still divided on an economic plan". The Globe and Mail. <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-leadership-race-winds-down-liberals-still-divided-on-an-economic-plan/article11183884/" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-leadership-race-winds-down-liberals-still-divided-on-an-economic-plan/article11183884/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:17">Steven Chase (April 13, 2013). "As leadership race winds down, Liberals still divided on an economic plan". The Globe and Mail. <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-leadership-race-winds-down-liberals-still-divided-on-an-economic-plan/article11183884/" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-leadership-race-winds-down-liberals-still-divided-on-an-economic-plan/article11183884/</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:18">Michael Den Tandt (May 1, 2014). "Is Justin Trudeau's honeymoon over?". canada.com. <a href="http://o.canada.com/news/national/is-justin-trudeaus-honeymoon-over" target="_blank">http://o.canada.com/news/national/is-justin-trudeaus-honeymoon-over</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:19">Steven Chase (April 13, 2013). "As leadership race winds down, Liberals still divided on an economic plan". The Globe and Mail. <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-leadership-race-winds-down-liberals-still-divided-on-an-economic-plan/article11183884/" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-leadership-race-winds-down-liberals-still-divided-on-an-economic-plan/article11183884/</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:20">Ian Lee (April 16, 2013). "No longer hyphenated, Liberals cast aside the business faction". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141129124944/http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/archives/story.html?id=10397d17-27cc-4708-be3c-3b47aeaa007b" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141129124944/http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/archives/story.html?id=10397d17-27cc-4708-be3c-3b47aeaa007b</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:21">Steven Chase (April 13, 2013). "As leadership race winds down, Liberals still divided on an economic plan". The Globe and Mail. <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-leadership-race-winds-down-liberals-still-divided-on-an-economic-plan/article11183884/" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-leadership-race-winds-down-liberals-still-divided-on-an-economic-plan/article11183884/</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:22">Daniel Leblanc; Steven Chase & Jane Taber (December 15, 2012). "How the Liberal Party lost Mark Carney". The Globe and Mail. <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-the-liberal-party-lost-mark-carney/article6414626/?page=all" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-the-liberal-party-lost-mark-carney/article6414626/?page=all</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:23">Steven Chase (April 13, 2013). "As leadership race winds down, Liberals still divided on an economic plan". The Globe and Mail. <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-leadership-race-winds-down-liberals-still-divided-on-an-economic-plan/article11183884/" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/as-leadership-race-winds-down-liberals-still-divided-on-an-economic-plan/article11183884/</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:24">McGrath, John Michael (May 23, 2023). "'We govern from right of centre': Bonnie Crombie on how she'd lead the Ontario Liberals". TVO. Retrieved July 9, 2023. <a href="https://www.tvo.org/article/we-govern-from-right-of-centre-bonnie-crombie-on-how-shed-lead-the-ontario-liberals" target="_blank">https://www.tvo.org/article/we-govern-from-right-of-centre-bonnie-crombie-on-how-shed-lead-the-ontario-liberals</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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