Source-checked case file
Brendan Maguire joins the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives (2024)
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-E-000087
- Publication status
- Verified
- Evidence level
- Corroborated
- Revision
- 2
Record identity
- Date
- February 22, 2024
- Date precision
- Exact day
- Jurisdiction
- Nova Scotia
- Legislature
- Legislature of Nova Scotia
- Chamber
- House of Assembly
- Transition type
- Affiliation change
- Event scope
- Individual
- Legacy row ID
- 87
- Last source check
- August 1, 2026
Participants and affiliation change
CTF-EP-000087-01
Nova Scotia Liberal PartyProgressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
Effective date: February 22, 2024
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.
Brendan Maguire
CTF-EP-000087-01
Cabinet appointment
DocumentedBrendan Maguire was sworn as Minister of Community Services on the same day as the affiliation change. The appointment record establishes timing and office, not an exchange or causal bargain.
- Date
- February 22, 2024
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay unknown
- Timing from crossing
- Same day
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Official title
- Minister of Community Services
- Appointment authority
- Premier of Nova Scotia
- Brendan Maguire Sworn into CabinetGovernment of Nova Scotia · Brendan Maguire sworn into cabinet; 2024-02-22
CTF-O-0017-MAGUIRE-CABINET-20240222
Re-elected
DocumentedBrendan Maguire was elected in Halifax Atlantic as a Progressive Conservative in the 2024 general election. This voter validation is distinct from the earlier appointment.
- Date
- November 26, 2024
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- 278 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Appointment authority
- Electors of Halifax Atlantic
- Distribution of Seats by Party — May 2026Elections Nova Scotia · Distribution of Seats by Party; Halifax Atlantic; Brendan Maguire; May 2026
CTF-O-0017-MAGUIRE-ELECTED-20241126
Claims and evidence
Historical fact · Supported · High confidence
Brendan Maguire changed from Nova Scotia Liberal to Progressive Conservative on February 22, 2024.
CTF-CL-000087-AFFILIATION
Brendan Maguire - Wikipedia — source lead — not checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-000126
- Reliability
- Tertiary source
- Source language
- Language not identified
- Locator
- Unknown
Brendan Maguire Sworn into Cabinet — source checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-NS-MAGUIRE-CABINET-2024
- Reliability
- Official primary source
- Source language
- English
- Locator
- record Brendan Maguire sworn into cabinet; 2024-02-22
Wikipedia: Brendan Maguire — source lead — not checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-000065
- Reliability
- Tertiary source
- Source language
- Language not identified
- Locator
- Unknown
Revision history
Revision 2 · Expanded
Added the exact party-change date and same-day cabinet appointment without inferring causation.
CTF-R-000087-0002
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-000087-0001