All Floor Crossings

St-Jacques joined the Liberal Party along with other Quebec PC MPs who were unhappy with the party's direction.

Jack Ramsay

2000

Reform Party → IndependentMPAlberta

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Jack Ramsay, a Reform Party MP for Crowfoot in Alberta and former RCMP officer, was suspended from the Reform caucus in November 1999 following criminal charges and personal con…

Jake Hoeppner, a Reform Party MP for Portage—Lisgar in Manitoba, had a prolonged falling out with the party that began with his suspension from caucus in July 1999. Hoeppner was…

Jim Jones

2000

Progressive Conservative → Canadian AllianceMPOntario

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Jim Jones, a Progressive Conservative MP for Markham in Ontario, defected to the newly formed Canadian Alliance in September 2000. Jones had been expelled from the PC caucus in …

Laliberte, NDP MP for Churchill River, crossed to the Liberals in 2000, reportedly for better access to government resources for his northern riding.

Angela Vautour

1999Notable

NDP → Prog. ConservativeMPNew Brunswick

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One of the most dramatic ideological shifts - from the left-wing NDP all the way to the right-wing Progressive Conservatives.

Castrilli, Ontario Liberal MPP for Downsview, crossed to the PCs after losing her Liberal nomination due to riding redistribution. She joined the governing party of Mike Harris.

Bill Matthews, a Progressive Conservative MP for Burin—St. George's in Newfoundland, crossed to the Liberal Party in August 1999. Matthews had been elected as a PC in 1997 and w…

Wilson, PDA MLA and former BC Liberal leader, crossed to the governing BC NDP under Premier Ujjal Dosanjh, receiving a cabinet appointment.

Réjean Lefebvre, a Bloc Québécois MP, left the party caucus in January 1999 following personal disputes with the party leadership. Lefebvre had been elected in the 1993 BQ sweep…

Cullen, Ontario Liberal MPP for Ottawa West, left the Liberals to join the Ontario NDP, citing disagreements over the party's direction on social policy.

Buckley Belanger

1998Notable

Saskatchewan Liberal → Saskatchewan NDPMLASaskatchewan

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Belanger, Saskatchewan Liberal MLA for Athabasca, crossed to the governing NDP, joining the party he felt better served his northern riding's interests.

Four Liberal and four PC members of the Saskatchewan legislature left their parties to create a brand new party - the Saskatchewan Party - uniting the right.

Julé, Saskatchewan Liberal MLA for Humboldt, left the Liberals to join the newly formed Saskatchewan Party, which united the right against the NDP.

Bernard St-Laurent, a Bloc Québécois MP for Manicouagan, broke with the party in March 1997 following internal disputes with the BQ leadership. St-Laurent had been elected in th…

Gooshen, Saskatchewan PC MLA, refused to join the new Saskatchewan Party formed from the merger of PCs and Liberals, choosing instead to sit as an independent.

Neufeld left the Reform Party of BC to join the BC Liberals, the new dominant centre-right party, as Reform faded provincially.

Janet (Jan) Brown

1996

Reform Party → IndependentMPAlberta

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Jan Brown, a Reform Party MP for Calgary Southeast, was suspended from the Reform caucus on May 7, 1996, after clashing repeatedly with the party leadership. Brown had been one …

John Nunziata

1996Notable

Liberal → IndependentMPOntario

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In 1993, the Liberals won a huge election partly by promising to eliminate the GST (sales tax). Once in power, they broke that promise. Nunziata voted against his own party's bu…

Four Social Credit MLAs left the collapsing party to join the Reform Party of BC as Social Credit became unelectable provincially after years of scandal.

Bhaduria was removed from the Liberal caucus after controversy over falsified educational credentials and a previous court case. He sat as an independent, styling himself a "Lib…

Denis Pronovost, a Progressive Conservative MP from Quebec, left the Conservative caucus in June 1993 as the Mulroney government was in its death throes. Pronovost was part of t…

Dennis Drainville

1993

Ontario NDP → IndependentMPPOntario

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Drainville, Ontario NDP MPP for Victoria-Haliburton, quit the NDP caucus to sit as an independent to protest the Rae government's decision to allow casino gambling in Ontario.

Gilles Bernier, a Progressive Conservative MP for Beauce since 1984, was a colourful Quebec politician who ran as an Independent in the October 1993 election after being denied …