All Floor Crossings

Desjarlais, NDP MP for Churchill, voted against same-sex marriage in defiance of her party's position. She lost her NDP nomination and sat as an independent.

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.

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…

Roch, Manitoba Liberal MLA for Springfield, crossed to the PCs after failing to secure a Liberal nomination for the next election.

James Armstrong Richardson

1978Notable

Liberal → IndependentMPManitoba

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Richardson, former Defence Minister, resigned from the Liberal cabinet and caucus over his opposition to official bilingualism and the government's language policies.

Gordon Minto Churchill

1968Notable

Progressive Conservative → Independent Progressive ConservativeMPManitoba

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Gordon Churchill was a towering figure in Progressive Conservative politics — one of John Diefenbaker's most loyal cabinet ministers who served as Minister of Trade and Commerce…

Greenlay, a Manitoba PC MLA, crossed the floor to join the Liberal-Progressive government of Douglas Campbell, who was a childhood friend. He was immediately appointed Provincia…

Thomas Alexander Crerar

1930Notable

Progressive / United Farmers → LiberalMPManitoba

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Thomas Alexander Crerar, the founder and first leader of the Progressive Party of Canada, had resigned the party leadership in 1922 and later sat as a United Farmers of Manitoba…

George William Andrews

1919Notable

Liberal-Unionist → IndependentMPManitoba

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Andrews represented the heart of Winnipeg. When the government violently crushed the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, he couldn't stay in the party. He left to sit alone as an i…