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  • noun Canada, politics, sometimes pejorative A supporter of Stephen Harper and the policies of his government.

Etymologies

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Harper +‎ -ite

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Examples

  • Because once again, as a Harperite, you have completely dismissed the law of the land, as reinforced by the Speaker of The House.

    The Commons: The House always wins - Beyond The Commons - Macleans.ca 2010

  • Another splat of authoritarian garbage from yet another incompetent Harperite.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Edstock 2009

  • The Harperite reformers can deny the existence of such a deal all they like.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Dave 2009

  • It's too convenient and, now that Raitt has given us a further example of Harperite conservative character, far too difficult to believe.

    Yes, Chantal, but for one curious action Dave 2009

  • The Harperite reformers can deny the existence of such a deal all they like.

    Gunfight at the Rideau Corral (in the kiddies section). Updated! Dave 2009

  • Another splat of authoritarian garbage from yet another incompetent Harperite.

    19 months Dave 2009

  • It's too convenient and, now that Raitt has given us a further example of Harperite conservative character, far too difficult to believe.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Dave 2009

  • Maxime Bernier has gone into Harperite-bob-and-weave mode, a condition we've seen from Gordon O'Connor, Petey MacKay, Rona Ambrose, Gary Lunn and any other Conservative cabinet minister who finds themselves at odds with what is written by government and what they actually present as their public face.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Dave 2008

  • Especially when the message starts to filter through the slack-jawed fog in the Harperite war rooms.

    Archive 2008-06-01 the rev. paperboy 2008

  • Partisans of either will be up in arms should anyone suggest that their representatives in Parliament support the Harperite malformation.

    Archive 2008-08-01 West End Bob 2008

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