Source-checked case file
Amanda Simard joins the Ontario Liberal Party (2020)
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-E-000084
- Publication status
- Verified
- Evidence level
- Corroborated
- Revision
- 2
Record identity
- Date
- January 16, 2020
- Date precision
- Exact day
- Jurisdiction
- Ontario
- Legislature
- Legislature of Ontario
- Chamber
- Legislative Assembly
- Transition type
- Joined a party
- Event scope
- Individual
- Legacy row ID
- 84
- Last source check
- August 1, 2026
Participants and affiliation change
After the switch
What happened next?
Only claim-cited outcomes with a recorded AI or human source check appear here. Timing alone never proves that a job or appointment was exchanged for a floor crossing.
Amanda Simard
CTF-EP-000084-01
Defeated at election
DocumentedAmanda Simard was defeated in Glengarry—Prescott—Russell in 2022: Stéphane Sarrazin received 18,661 votes and Simard received 17,529.
- Date
- June 2, 2022
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- 868 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Appointment authority
- Electors of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
- Official tabulation — Glengarry—Prescott—Russell — 2022Elections Ontario · p. 8; Glengarry-Prescott-Russell final vote totals; Stephane Sarrazin 18,661; Amanda Simard 17,529
CTF-O-0017-SIMARD-DEFEATED-20220602
Claims and evidence
Historical fact · Supported · High confidence
Amanda Simard changed from Independent to Ontario Liberal on January 16, 2020.
CTF-CL-000084-AFFILIATION
Amanda Simard - Wikipedia — source lead — not checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-000123
- Reliability
- Tertiary source
- Source language
- Language not identified
- Locator
- Unknown
Amanda Simard — Member profile — source checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-OLA-SIMARD-ROLES
- Reliability
- Official primary source
- Source language
- English
- Locator
- section Party; Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario; Independent Member; Ontario Liberal Party; Parliament 42
Amanda Simard — Profil de députée — source checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-OLA-SIMARD-ROLES-FR
- Reliability
- Official primary source
- Source language
- French
- Locator
- section Parti; Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario; Députée indépendante; Parti libéral de l'Ontario; Parlement 42
Wikipedia: Amanda Simard — source lead — not checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-000072
- Reliability
- Tertiary source
- Source language
- Language not identified
- Locator
- Unknown
Revision history
Revision 2 · Corrected
Preserved the 2020 Liberal entry while separating the 2018 Independent interval and correcting the 2022 result to defeated.
CTF-R-000084-0002
Revision 1 · Created
Imported from the legacy archive as an unpublished research lead. Historical narrative, motive labels, and benefit scores were not treated as verified claims.
CTF-R-000084-0001