Editing Tory (section)

===North America===
In the United States, ''Tory'' is often used as a historical term to describe supporters of Great Britain during the American Revolution. However, in Canadian parlance, British supporters during the revolution are called ''Loyalists'', with the term ''Tory'' being used as a contemporary political term.<ref name=canentor>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tory|title=Tory|last=Marsh|first=James H.|date=13 December 2013|publisher=Historica Canada|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|access-date=24 December 2021}}</ref>

In Canada, a ''Tory'' refers to a member of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]], while the party as a whole are colloquially referred to as the ''Tories''.<ref name=bbc/><ref name=canentor/> It is also used to refer to the party's predecessor, including the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]]. In addition to the federal Conservative Party, the terms have also been used to describe provincial Conservative/Progressive Conservative parties and their members. [[LGBTory]] is an advocacy group for LGBT supporters of the Conservative Party of Canada and provincial conservative parties.

The terms "[[Blue Tory]]" and "[[Red Tory]]" describe two factions of Canada's federal and provincial conservative parties. The former leader of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario]], [[Tim Hudak]], adopted the term "[[Purple Tory]]" to characterize himself, aiming to avoid the strong ideological stance and instead provide a conciliatory position between Blue Tories and Red Tories.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fighting for Votes Parties, the Media, and Voters in an Ontario Election|year=2015|publisher=UBC Press|last1=Cross|first1=William P.|last2=Malloy|first2=Jonathan|first3=Tamara A.|last3=Small|last4=Stephenson|first4=Laura B.|isbn=9780774829304|page=38}}</ref> The term "[[Pink Tory]]" is also used by Canadian politics as a pejorative term to describe a conservative party member who is perceived as liberal.