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The record

Every affiliation event this project holds, verified and unverified alike. The unit is the event: a caucus that moved together is one row with several participants. Each row states how well dated it is, how well evidenced it is, and whether it meets the publication standard.

414 events, not people — 10 of 414 of the events matching these filters meet the publication standard

This list counts events, not people. A group event is one row here and several people in a person-based tally. Withdrawn records are excluded from this listing. Coverage report

196 of 666

Carried to another party

A seat given to one party at an election, sitting under another party’s banner without an election in between. This is the floor-crossing figure, and it is the only figure that may be published under that name.

133 of 666

Left a caucus for the crossbench

The member left a caucus and sat as an independent. No party gained the seat. This figure has its own headline and is never added to the one beside it — adding the two is the single error this whole classification exists to prevent.

36 of 666

Joined a party from the crossbench

Counted toward neither headline above. The outbound leg of the same episode is already in the crossbench figure, so counting the return as well would count one person twice. Whether the voters were asked in between is the interesting question, and it is answered separately below.

These two figures are never summed. A seat carried to another party and a member who left a caucus for the crossbench are different acts, and a total that merges them answers no question anybody asked.

Measured over the records these filters admit, not over the whole database. The record-wide figures are on the coverage report. This selects RECORDS holding at least one participation of the class asked for, and each matching record still lists all of its people — so a group record where nine members crossed and one left for the crossbench matches either filter, and shows all ten either way. To count acts rather than records, read the figures above, which count people.

The full act breakdown, with every denominator

Two different acts, kept apart

Every leg below states where the seat went: to another party, or out of a caucus to the crossbench. The two are counted separately and never share a total. The tally beside each is for the events on this page only, not for the record as a whole.

To another party3on this page
To the crossbench15on this page
From the crossbench5on this page
Independent throughout1on this page

Why these are counted apart, and what the project believes about it

The record

Two different acts, kept apart

Elaine McCoy (2016)

Pierrette Ringuette (2016)

George J. Furey (2015)

Jacques Demers (2015)

José Nunez-Melo (2015)

Manon Perreault (2015)

José Nunez-Melo (2015)

Don Meredith (2015)

Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu (2015)

James Lunney (2015)

Eve Adams (2015)

Glenn Thibeault (2015)

Massimo Pacetti (2014)

Jean-François Larose (2014)

André Bellavance (2014)

Sana Hassainia (2014)

Colin Kenny (2014)

Manon Perreault (2014)

Jean-François Fortin (2014)

Bruce Hyer (2013)

Colin Kenny (2013)

Maria Mourani (2013)

Peter Goldring (2013)

Brent Rathgeber (2013)