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Clear Grit Party
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a liberal reform party in Upper Canada, beginning as a faction of the Reform party in the late 1840's and fielding candidates in the elections of the 1850's and ultimately merging with the Liberal Party, which is still known informally as the Grits.
Quotations
1851
The clear-grit party will either make a sweep or a smash.
1963
The Mulocks swung their weight in the Clear Grit party, ran an iron works and accumulated millions.