Pink Tory is a term used in Canadian and British politics to describe an extremely liberal member of one of the Conservative or Progressive Conservative parties, even more liberal than a Red Tory. The term was often derisively applied to the 1971 to 1985 Ontario Progressive Conservative government of Bill Davis[1] by critics on the right, particularly Toronto Sun columnist Claire Hoy. In 2002, Jim Flaherty described rival leadership contender Ernie Eves as a "pink" Tory.[2] More recently the term has been used to describe socially progressive Conservatives who are in favour of legalized same-sex marriage and are pro-choice[3]