query: member_of_political_party chuck strahl
supports: The Canadian Alliance, formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance, was a conservative and right-wing populist federal political party in Canada that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held it throughout its existence. The party supported policies that were both fiscally and socially conservative, seeking reduced government spending on social programs and reductions in taxation. Stockwell Burt Day, Jr., PC (born August 16, 1950) is a former Canadian politician, and a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He is a former cabinet minister in Alberta, who later served as leader of the Canadian Alliance from 2000 to 2001. Day was MP for the riding of OkanaganCoquihalla in British Columbia and the president of the Treasury Board. He was widely seen as a prominent voice for social conservatives within the Conservative Party. On March 12, 2011, Day announced that he would not be seeking re-election in the 2011 federal election. Deborah Cleland Grey, (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian former Member of Parliament from Alberta for the Reform Party of Canada, the Canadian Alliance, and the Conservative Party of Canada. She was the first female Leader of the Opposition in Canadian history. The Conservative Party of Canada, colloquially known as the Tories, is a political party in Canada. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum. The party's leader from 2004 to 2015 was Stephen Harper, who served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015. The Democratic Representative Caucus was a group of Members of the Canadian Parliament who left the Canadian Alliance in 2001 in protest against the leadership of Stockwell Day. Following the Alliance's disappointing performance in the 2000 election, Day came under severe criticism from his own party. Several high-profile Alliance MPs began publicly calling for him to step down. Through the spring of 2001, several members of the Alliance resigned their shadow cabinet seats, the most high-profile resignation being that of deputy leader Deborah Grey. Charles `` Chuck '' Strahl , PC ( born February 25 , 1957 ) is a Canadian businessman and politician . He was a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2011 . First elected for the Reform Party , he was a prominent member of the Democratic Representative Caucus that ousted Stockwell Day as leader . When the Conservatives won power in 2006 he became a prominent cabinet minister , serving as Minister of Agriculture , Indian and Northern Affairs , and Transportation . On June 14 , 2012 , Strahl was appointed to serve a 5 - year term as chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee , but resigned in controversy over conflict of interest accusations resulting from his lobbying efforts for oil and pipeline companies .
candidates: alliance conservative party of canada reform party reform party of canada tories
answer: conservative party of canada