LC control no. | n 98061530 |
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Corporate name heading | Young Conservatives (Political party) |
Variant(s) | Young Conservative and Unionist Organisation (Great Britain) Young Conservative & Unionist Organisation (Great Britain) Conservative Party (Great Britain). Young Conservatives |
See also | Conservative Future (Political party) |
Found in | Young Conservatives, 1996: t.p. (Young Conservatives) introd. (British political youth movement organized in 1943) A changing partnership, 1962: t.p. (Young Conservatives; Conservative Political Centre on behalf of the Young Conservative and Unionist Organisation) Advance (Young Conservative & Unionist Organisation. Advance, July/Aug. 1949: t.p. (Young Conservative & Unionist Organisation) colophon (London) Wikipedia, Oct. 23, 2008 (Young Conservatives; was the youth wing of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party until the organisation was replaced in 1998 by Conservative Future; Junior Imperial and Constitutional League was formed in 1906; Junior Associations were set up in each Parliamentary Division and throughout the British Empire, co-operating closely with Conservative and Unionist Associations; in 1925 the Young Britons Organisation was formed as the juvenile branch of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations; it closed down during the Second World War; after the Conservative Party suffered a catastrophic defeat in the 1945 general election, the Young Britons Organisation was reformed to cater for both boys and girls aged 6-16, while the Young Conservatives was set up to cater for an older age group; in 1998 Conservative leader William Hague announced the closure of Young Conservatives and the launch of a new organisation, Conservative Future) |
Invalid LCCN | nr 93032650 |