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Clear Grit Party Hist. 
a liberal reform party in Upper Canada, beginning as a faction of the Reform party in the late 1840's and fielding candidates in the elections of the 1850's and ultimately merging with the Liberal Party, which is still known informally as the Grits.
See also: Grit Party Liberal Party
- 1851 (1924) The clear-grit party will either make a sweep or a smash.
- 1963 The Mulocks swung their weight in the Clear Grit party, ran an iron works and accumulated millions.
- 1851 (1924) The clear-grit party will either make a sweep or a smash.