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All Floor Crossings
Every documented case of a Canadian MP, MPP, MLA, MNA, or MHA switching parties — federal and provincial, 1867 to present. Filter by level, province, or category.
6 crossings
~Q
~5 Quebec Liberal MPs oppose conscription
1944NotableLiberal → Independent LiberalMPQuebec
1/5
In late 1944, when Mackenzie King finally implemented limited conscription for overseas service (the "Zombies" crisis), several Quebec Liberal MPs broke with the party to sit as…
War & Conscription
Frank Broadstreet Carvell
1917NotableLiberal → Liberal-UnionistMPNew Brunswick
4/5
Like Fielding, Carvell supported conscription during WWI and left the Liberals to join the Union Government.
War & ConscriptionGot Cabinet
HA
Honoré Achim
1917Conservative → Laurier-LiberalMPQuebec
0/5
Achim, a Conservative MP from Quebec, broke with the party over the conscription crisis and re-aligned with the Laurier Liberals opposing compulsory military service.
War & Conscription
Hugh Guthrie
1917NotableLiberal → UnionistMPOntario
4/5
Another Liberal who supported conscription during WWI and crossed the floor.
War & ConscriptionGot Cabinet
William Stevens Fielding
1917NotableLiberal → Liberal-UnionistMPNova Scotia
2/5
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 …
War & ConscriptionGot Cabinet
~L
~17 Liberal-Unionist MPs (Conscription Crisis)
1917NotableLiberal → UnionistMP
3/5
The Conscription Crisis of 1917 shattered the Liberal Party along linguistic and regional lines. When Prime Minister Robert Borden introduced the Military Service Act to impose …
War & ConscriptionGot Cabinet