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Explore every documented floor-crossing in Canadian political history.
Like Fielding, Carvell supported conscription during WWI and left the Liberals to join the Union Government.
Another Liberal who supported conscription during WWI and crossed the floor.
During World War I, the government wanted to force men to fight overseas (conscription). Fielding, a senior Liberal, supported conscription even though his party leader Wilfrid …
The WWI conscription crisis split the Liberal Party. Most English-speaking Liberal MPs supported conscription and crossed the floor to join the Union Government.