Editing Liberal Party of Canada (section)

====Origins====
{{See also|Rebellions of 1837}}
The Liberals are descended from the mid-19th century [[Reform Party (pre-Confederation)|Reformers]] who advocated for [[responsible government]] throughout [[British North America]].<ref name="hist">{{cite web|title=Liberal Party of Canada – History |url=http://www.nafla.ca/images/clientupload/Liberal%20Party%20History.pdf |publisher=Newmarket-Aurora Federal Liberal Association |access-date=April 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426000952/http://www.nafla.ca/images/clientupload/Liberal%20Party%20History.pdf |archive-date=April 26, 2012 }}</ref> These included [[George Brown (Canadian politician)|George Brown]], [[Alexander Mackenzie (politician)|Alexander Mackenzie]], [[Robert Baldwin]], [[William Lyon Mackenzie]] and the [[Clear Grits]] in [[Upper Canada]], [[Joseph Howe]] in Nova Scotia, and the [[Parti canadien|Patriotes]] and [[Parti rouge|Rouges]] in [[Lower Canada]] led by figures such as [[Louis-Joseph Papineau]]. The [[Clear Grits]] and {{Lang|fr|[[Parti rouge]]|italic=no}} sometimes functioned as a united bloc in the legislature of the [[Province of Canada]] beginning in [[List of elections in the Province of Canada#1854|1854]], but a united Liberal Party combining both English and [[French Canadian]] members was not formed until 1867.<ref name="hist"/> Their lineage from the Clear Grits led to modern Liberals being nicknamed "Grits".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bélanger |first1=Claude |title=Quebec History |url=http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/ClearGritParty-ClearGrits-CanadianHistory.htm |website=The Quebec History Encyclopedia |publisher=[[Marianopolis College]] |access-date=28 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731215806/http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/ClearGritParty-ClearGrits-CanadianHistory.htm |archive-date=2024-07-31 |language=en |date=2005 |quote=The Clear Grits became supporters of George Brown, and were the nucleus of the Liberal party in Ontario in later times. Thence comes the common use of the term 'Grit' as a colloquial synonym for 'Liberal'. |url-status=live}}</ref>