All Floor Crossings

David Kilgour (2nd crossing)

2005Notable

Liberal → IndependentMPAlberta

0/5

Kilgour left the Liberal caucus in 2005, citing the sponsorship scandal and disagreements on Sudan policy. This was his second floor crossing — he had previously crossed from th…

O'Brien left the Liberal caucus over the government's same-sex marriage legislation, sitting as an independent.

André Bachand, a Progressive Conservative MP for Richmond—Arthabaska since 1997, refused to join the newly merged Conservative Party of Canada on February 2, 2004, choosing inst…

Cools, a Liberal senator since 1984, crossed to the newly formed Conservative Party in 2004 over her opposition to same-sex marriage legislation. She was the first Black Canadia…

Carolyn Parrish

2004Notable

Liberal → IndependentMPOntario

0/5

Parrish was expelled from the Liberal caucus after publicly insulting Prime Minister Paul Martin and famously stomping on a George W. Bush doll on a comedy TV show.

Chuck Cadman

2004Notable

Conservative → IndependentMPBritish Columbia

2/5

Chuck Cadman, the Conservative MP for Surrey North and a well-known victims' rights advocate whose teenage son Jesse had been murdered in 1992, lost the Conservative Party nomin…

Masyk, Alberta PC MLA for Edmonton-Norwood, crossed the floor to join the Alberta Alliance Party over disagreements with PC governance.

Bryden, Liberal MP for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Aldershot, crossed to the newly formed Conservative Party in 2004, disagreeing with Liberal policies.

John Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP for Fundy—Royal since 1997, was one of the last three sitting PC MPs to refuse to join the new Conservative Party of Canada when it wa…

Keith Martin

2004Notable

Canadian Alliance → LiberalMPBritish Columbia

4/5

Martin, a physician and MP for Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca, left the Canadian Alliance (which was merging with the PCs) to join the Liberals, saying the new Conservative Party was to…

Larry Spencer, a Canadian Alliance MP for Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, was expelled from the Alliance caucus in November 2003 after making controversial comments to a newspaper c…

Pierre Brien

2003

Bloc Québécois → IndependentMPQuebec

0/5

Brien, Bloc Québécois MP for Témiscamingue, left the BQ to sit as an independent, expressing waning interest in the sovereignist cause.

Lanctôt, Bloc Québécois MP for Châteauguay, crossed to the Liberals in late 2003, joining the Paul Martin government.

Scott Brison

2003Notable

Prog. Conservative → LiberalMPNova Scotia

4/5

When the Progressive Conservatives merged with the Canadian Alliance to form today's Conservative Party, Brison refused to go along. He joined the Liberals instead.

Dennis Fentie

2002Notable

NDP → Yukon PartyMLAYukon

5/5

Fentie left the Yukon NDP and joined the Yukon Party.

Lebel, Bloc Québécois MP for Chambly, left the BQ caucus to sit as an independent over disagreements with the party leadership.

Mark, MP for Dauphin-Swan River, was part of the DRC dissident group within the Canadian Alliance. He left and eventually joined the Progressive Conservatives.

Pankiw, MP for Saskatoon-Humboldt, was part of the DRC dissidents from the Alliance. He sat as an independent after failing to join other parties, known for controversial views.

Joe Peschisolido

2002

Canadian Alliance → LiberalMPBritish Columbia

3/5

Peschisolido, Alliance MP for Richmond, crossed to the Liberals citing dissatisfaction with the Alliance's direction under Stephen Harper.

Carignan, a Liberal senator from Quebec, left the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent in the Senate over policy disagreements.

Melenchuk and Osika, the last two Saskatchewan Liberal MLAs, crossed to the governing NDP, effectively ending the Saskatchewan Liberals as a legislative force.

In the summer of 2001, approximately fourteen Canadian Alliance MPs — including Deborah Grey (the party's first-ever MP), Chuck Strahl, Grant McNally, Val Meredith, Jay Hill, Ji…

Harvey crossed from the PCs to the Liberals in 2000, dissatisfied with the party's direction under Joe Clark.

Price, PC MP for Compton-Stanstead, crossed to the Liberals along with several other Quebec PCs in 2000.