the radical wing of the Reform party in Upper Canada.
See also: Reform party
- 1836  (1926)  Several of the old bureaucracy . . . have yielded to the Radical party and deserted Sir Francis in his struggle with the House of Assembly, and their places in the Executive Council have been filled up by better men.
- 1849  He disclaims the spurious Conservatism recognized as the guiding star of Canadian Tories, and objects to the democratic ideas of the extreme Radical party.