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Rideout, a Newfoundland Liberal MHA, crossed to the PCs over his opposition to the federal government's handling of offshore resource ownership, siding with Brian Peckford's position that Newfoundland should control its offshore resources.
Rideout served as a senior PC cabinet minister and briefly became Premier of Newfoundland in 1989, though he lost the subsequent election.
Crossing the Floor. (1980). Thomas Rideout: Liberal to Progressive Conservative (1980). Retrieved 2026-04-11, from https://crossingthefloor.ca/crossings/thomas-rideout-1980
Liberal → Progressive Conservative
Same party switch