Source-checked case file
David Emerson joins the Conservative Party and Cabinet (2006)
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-E-000073
- Publication status
- Verified
- Evidence level
- Corroborated
- Revision
- 2
Record identity
- Date
- February 6, 2006
- Date precision
- Exact day
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Legislature
- Parliament of Canada
- Chamber
- House of Commons
- Transition type
- Affiliation change
- Event scope
- Individual
- Legacy row ID
- 73
- Last source check
- August 1, 2026
Participants and affiliation change
CTF-EP-000073-01
Liberal Party of CanadaConservative Party of Canada
Effective date: February 6, 2006
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.
David Emerson
CTF-EP-000073-01
Cabinet appointment
DocumentedDavid Emerson entered Cabinet on the same day as his Conservative affiliation began. Cabinet carried additional salary and benefits; the Ethics Commissioner found no special inducement and no Code breach.
- Date
- February 6, 2006
- Evidence
- 2 linked sources
- Compensation
- Paid
- Timing from crossing
- Same day
- Causation
- Official finding: no special inducement
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Official title
- Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics
- Appointment authority
- Prime Minister of Canada
- Prime Minister announces changes to the MinistryGovernment of Canada · David Emerson appointed Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics on 2006-02-06
- The Harper–Emerson InquiryOffice of the Ethics Commissioner · Executive summary pp. 3-4; findings pp. 13-14
CTF-O-0017-EMERSON-CABINET-20060206
Claims and evidence
Historical fact · Supported · High confidence
David Emerson changed from Liberal to Conservative on February 6, 2006.
CTF-CL-000073-AFFILIATION
Prime Minister announces changes to the Ministry — source checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-CANADA-EMERSON-BIO
- Reliability
- Official primary source
- Source language
- English
- Locator
- record David Emerson appointed Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics on 2006-02-06
The Harper–Emerson Inquiry — source checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-ETHICS-HARPER-EMERSON-2006
- Reliability
- Official primary source
- Source language
- English
- Locator
- page Executive summary pp. 3-4; findings pp. 13-14
Wikipedia: David Emerson — source lead — not checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-000049
- Reliability
- Tertiary source
- Source language
- Language not identified
- Locator
- Unknown
Revision history
Revision 2 · Expanded
Added exact chronology, cabinet outcome, and the official ethics finding.
CTF-R-000073-0002
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-000073-0001