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The Democratic Representative Caucus was a group of Canadian Members of Parliament who left the Canadian Alliance in 2001 in protest against the leadership of Stockwell Day. Day was regarded by many observers as a weak and gaffe-prone leader, whose mistakes and off-the-cuff remarks sometimes undermined even the efforts of his own caucus, and through the spring of 2001, several members of the Alliance resigned their shadow cabinet seats. Image File history File links DRAlogo. ... Image File history File links DRAlogo. ... The Parliament of Canada (French: Parlement du Canada) is Canadas legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. ... The Canadian Alliance (in full, the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance) was a Canadian right-of-centre conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Stockwell Day Stockwell Burt Day, MP (born August 16, 1950), is a Canadian politician. ...

On May 2, Art Hanger was the first Alliance MP suspended from caucus for criticizing Day. Two weeks later, on May 16, he was followed by Chuck Strahl, Gary Lunn, Jim Pankiw, Val Meredith, Grant McNally, Jay Hill and Jim Gouk. In late June, they were joined by Monte Solberg, Andy Burton and Brian Fitzpatrick, and in the first week of July by Deborah Grey and Inky Mark. Through the summer, this group of MPs sat as "Independent Alliance Caucus", and were jokingly dubbed the Rebel Alliance by political commentators. May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Arthur Art Hanger (born February 19, 1943 in Three Hills, Alberta) is a Canadian politician. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... Charles (Chuck) Strahl (born February 25, 1957) is a politician in British Columbia, Canada. ... Gary Lunn (born May 8, 1957, in Trail, British Columbia) is a Canadian Member of Parliament for the British Columbia riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands. ... Jim Pankiw is a Canadian politician and former Member of Parliament. ... Jay Hill is a Canadian politician and member of the Conservative party. ... James William Jim Gouk (born April 15, 1946 in Toronto) is a Canadian politician. ... Monte Solberg (born September 17, 1958 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian politician, representing the riding of Medicine Hat in the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. ... This article is about the Canadian politician, for the Scottish politician see Brian Fitzpatrick (Scottish politician) Brian Fitzpatrick (born November 18, 1945 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician. ... Deborah Cleland Grey (born July 1, 1952) is a former Canadian Member of Parliament, who represented the Alberta riding of Edmonton North for the Conservative Party of Canada. ... Inky Mark (麥鼎鴻, pinyin: Mài Dǐnghóng) (born November 17, 1947) is a Canadian politician and a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, sitting for the Manitoba riding of Dauphin-Swan River. ... The symbol of the Rebel Alliance . In the fictional Star Wars universe, the Rebel Alliance, or more formally, the Alliance to Restore the Republic, was an interstellar political resistance force formed in direct military opposition to the Galactic Empire. ...

In early September, an offer was made to the MPs that they would be readmitted to the Alliance caucus if they promised to refrain from criticizing Day's leadership. The MPs surveyed their constituents, and on September 10, the offer was accepted by Hanger, Gouk, Solberg, Fitzpatrick and Burton. The remaining seven MPs refused, and initiated the Democratic Representative Caucus on September 12, with Strahl as its parliamentary leader. This was not intended as a new political party, but simply as a group caucus. September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ...

Two weeks later, on September 24, the DRC members entered into a coalition with the Progressive Conservatives, which was intended to be Joe Clark's framework for proving that the two parties could be united on his terms rather than Day's. Clark, as PC leader, remained leader of the "PC-DRC Coalition" caucus, and Strahl, as leader of the DRC, was named deputy leader. The coalition agreement was controversial, but Clark and Strahl tried to propose common policies that would appeal to both PC and Alliance members. September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ... The Right Honourable Charles Joseph Clark, PC , CC , AOE , MA , LL.D (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada from June 4, 1979, to March 2, 1980. ...

While the DRC members insisted that they remained loyal to the Canadian Alliance despite their opposition to Day's leadership, the group began to establish the Democratic Representative Association (DRA), presumably to support their re-election campaigns as DRC Members of Parliament.

On November 19, Lunn left the DRC to rejoin the Alliance shortly after Day agreed to hold a new Alliance leadership race. November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

In March 2002, Day lost that leadership race to Stephen Harper, and on April 10, most of the DRC members returned to the Alliance caucus, terminating their coalition agreement with the PCs after Clark rebuffed Harper's attempts to seek a greater union between the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives. The DRA was disbanded. 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Honourable Stephen Joseph Harper, PC, MP, MA (born April 20, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario) is leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, and Leader of the Official Opposition. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ...

Mark chose not to return to the Alliance caucus, instead sitting as an Independent Conservative, and later joining the PC caucus in early 2003.

Pankiw's request for readmission to the Alliance caucus was denied, as he was embroiled in a political scandal involving a violent confrontation with an aboriginal constituent. He ran for mayor of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 2003, while still sitting as an independent MP, and again attracted controversy because his home was in fact outside of Saskatoon's city limits. For other uses see Saskatoon (disambiguation). ...

Clark's successor Peter Mackay would negotiate a merger with the CA in late 2003, and he along with Mark and most of the PC caucus would join with the CA caucus to form theConservative Party of Canada. However, Clark and a few other prominent PC MPs and Senators refused to join the new party, whilst Pankiw was again refused admission along with another Saskatchewan CA MP, Larry Spencer. However, the main goal of the DRC members (a unified right-wing federal party) had been fulfilled. Peter Gordon MacKay MP, LL.B., BA, (born September 27, 1965) is the current deputy leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. ... The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada) is a right-of-centre political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003. ... Larry Spencer is a Baptist pastor in Canada, and former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Saskatchewan riding of Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre. ...

In 2004, Grey, having retired from politics, noted in her published political memoirs that the PC-DRC's full name was constantly misreported by the press, political commentators and the media. The official title of the coalition was "Progressive Conservative - Democratic Reform Coalition Caucus" as opposed to Representative.