Democratic Representative Caucus - Coalition With The Progressive Conservatives

Coalition With The Progressive Conservatives

Two weeks later, on September 24, the DRC members entered into a coalition with the Progressive Conservatives, which was intended to be PC leader Joe Clark's framework for proving that the two parties could be united on his terms rather than Day's. Clark was leader of the "PC-DRC Coalition" caucus, and Strahl, as leader of the DRC, was named deputy leader. Clark and Strahl tried to propose common policies that would appeal to both PC and Alliance members.

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.