Source-checked case file
Belinda Stronach joins the Liberal Party and Cabinet (2005)
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-E-000072
- Publication status
- Verified
- Evidence level
- Corroborated
- Revision
- 2
Record identity
- Date
- May 17, 2005
- Date precision
- Exact day
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Legislature
- Parliament of Canada
- Chamber
- House of Commons
- Transition type
- Affiliation change
- Event scope
- Individual
- Legacy row ID
- 72
- Last source check
- August 1, 2026
Participants and affiliation change
CTF-EP-000072-01
Conservative Party of CanadaLiberal Party of Canada
Effective date: May 17, 2005
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.
Belinda Stronach
CTF-EP-000072-01
Cabinet appointment
DocumentedBelinda Stronach became Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development on the same day as the Liberal affiliation began. The Prime Minister’s statement documents the linked offer and appointment; the record does not establish an illegal quid pro quo.
- Date
- May 17, 2005
- Evidence
- 2 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay unknown
- Timing from crossing
- Same day
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Official title
- Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
- Appointment authority
- Prime Minister of Canada
- Roles — Belinda Stronach — Current and PastHouse of Commons of Canada · Political Affiliation; Ministries; 2005-05-16 to 2005-05-17
- Statement by Prime Minister Paul MartinGovernment of Canada · Statement; Belinda Stronach will cross the floor and join the government and Cabinet; 2005-05-17
CTF-O-0017-STRONACH-CABINET-20050517
Re-elected
DocumentedBelinda Stronach was re-elected in Newmarket—Aurora as a Liberal on January 23, 2006, with 27,176 votes (46.2%). This voter validation is distinct from the earlier Cabinet appointment.
- Date
- January 23, 2006
- Evidence
- 2 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- 251 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Appointment authority
- Electors of Newmarket—Aurora
- Past results — Newmarket—AuroraElections Canada · Official Voting Results — General Election (January 23, 2006)
- Résultats antérieurs — Newmarket—AuroraÉlections Canada · Résultats officiels — Élection générale du 23 janvier 2006
CTF-O-0017-STRONACH-REELECTED-20060123
Claims and evidence
Historical fact · Supported · High confidence
Belinda Stronach changed from Conservative to Liberal on May 17, 2005.
CTF-CL-000072-AFFILIATION
Roles — Belinda Stronach — Current and Past — source checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-HOC-STRONACH-ROLES
- Reliability
- Official primary source
- Source language
- English
- Locator
- section Political Affiliation; Ministries; 2005-05-16 to 2005-05-17
Statement by Prime Minister Paul Martin — source checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-PMO-STRONACH-2005
- Reliability
- Official primary source
- Source language
- English
- Locator
- record Statement; Belinda Stronach will cross the floor and join the government and Cabinet; 2005-05-17
Wikipedia: Belinda Stronach — source lead — not checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-000073
- Reliability
- Tertiary source
- Source language
- Language not identified
- Locator
- Unknown
Revision history
Revision 2 · Expanded
Added exact chronology, cabinet outcome, source-bound linkage, and explicit causation limits.
CTF-R-000072-0002
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-000072-0001