All Floor Crossings

Ralph Wesley Stewart, a Liberal MP from British Columbia, crossed the floor to join the Progressive Conservative Party in 1979. Stewart's crossing came during a period when the …

Frank Calder

1975Notable

NDP → Social CreditMLABritish Columbia

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Calder was the first Indigenous person elected to any legislature in Canada, serving 26 years as a CCF/NDP member. He crossed to Social Credit, the governing party.

Three BC Liberal MLAs crossed to Social Credit as the free-enterprise coalition consolidated against the NDP. This effectively merged the BC Liberals into Social Credit.

Curtis, a BC Conservative MLA, crossed to Social Credit as part of the consolidation of the free-enterprise coalition against the Barrett NDP government.

Rolston, a BC Progressive Conservative MLA, crossed the floor to join W.A.C. Bennett's new Social Credit government.

James Samuel Taylor

1937

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation → IndependentMPBritish Columbia

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James Samuel Taylor, the CCF MP for Nanaimo in British Columbia, was expelled from or left the CCF caucus around 1937. Taylor was one of the CCF's earliest elected members, winn…

Henry Herbert Stevens

1935Notable

Conservative → Reconstruction PartyMPBritish Columbia

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During the Great Depression, Stevens investigated big companies that were exploiting workers and farmers. His own party tried to stop him. So he left and started his own party.

Alan Webster Neill, a Progressive MP from Comox—Alberni in British Columbia, left the Progressive Party around 1925 to sit as an Independent. Neill was a committed advocate for …