Source-checked case file
Garde Gardom, Pat McGeer, and Allan Williams join Social Credit (1975)
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-E-000161
- Publication status
- Verified
- Evidence level
- Corroborated
- Revision
- 2
Record identity
- Date
- September 30, 1975
- Date precision
- Exact day
- Jurisdiction
- British Columbia
- Legislature
- Legislature of British Columbia
- Chamber
- Legislative Assembly
- Transition type
- Joined a party
- Event scope
- Group
- Legacy row ID
- 161
- Last source check
- August 1, 2026
Participants and affiliation change
CTF-EP-000161-01
IndependentBritish Columbia Social Credit Party
Effective date: September 30, 1975
CTF-EP-000161-02
IndependentBritish Columbia Social Credit Party
Effective date: September 30, 1975
CTF-EP-000161-03
IndependentBritish Columbia Social Credit Party
Effective date: September 30, 1975
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.
Garde Gardom
CTF-EP-000161-01
Re-elected
DocumentedGarde Gardom was elected as a Social Credit candidate 72 days after joining the party.
- Date
- December 11, 1975
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- 72 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Appointment authority
- Electors of Vancouver-Point Grey
- British Columbia Executive Council — December 31, 1975Statistics Canada · British Columbia Executive Council as at 1975-12-31; election 1975-12-11; minister salaries and portfolios
CTF-O-0017-GARDOM-ELECTED-19751211
Cabinet appointment
DocumentedGarde Gardom became Attorney General 83 days after joining Social Credit and 11 days after winning election. The documented ministerial salary is observed; causation is not established.
- Date
- December 22, 1975
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- CAD 24000.00 / annual
- Timing from crossing
- 83 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Official title
- Attorney General
- Appointment authority
- Premier of British Columbia
- British Columbia Executive Council — December 31, 1975Statistics Canada · British Columbia Executive Council as at 1975-12-31; election 1975-12-11; minister salaries and portfolios
CTF-O-0017-GARDOM-CABINET-19751222
Pat McGeer
CTF-EP-000161-02
Re-elected
DocumentedPat McGeer was elected as a Social Credit candidate 72 days after joining the party.
- Date
- December 11, 1975
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- 72 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Appointment authority
- Electors of Vancouver-Point Grey
- British Columbia Executive Council — December 31, 1975Statistics Canada · British Columbia Executive Council as at 1975-12-31; election 1975-12-11; minister salaries and portfolios
CTF-O-0017-MCGEER-ELECTED-19751211
Cabinet appointment
DocumentedPat McGeer became Minister of Education 83 days after joining Social Credit and 11 days after winning election. The documented ministerial salary is observed; causation is not established.
- Date
- December 22, 1975
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- CAD 24000.00 / annual
- Timing from crossing
- 83 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Official title
- Minister of Education
- Appointment authority
- Premier of British Columbia
- British Columbia Executive Council — December 31, 1975Statistics Canada · British Columbia Executive Council as at 1975-12-31; election 1975-12-11; minister salaries and portfolios
CTF-O-0017-MCGEER-CABINET-19751222
Allan Williams
CTF-EP-000161-03
Re-elected
DocumentedAllan Williams was elected as a Social Credit candidate 72 days after joining the party.
- Date
- December 11, 1975
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- 72 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Appointment authority
- Electors of West Vancouver-Howe Sound
- British Columbia Executive Council — December 31, 1975Statistics Canada · British Columbia Executive Council as at 1975-12-31; election 1975-12-11; minister salaries and portfolios
CTF-O-0017-WILLIAMS-ELECTED-19751211
Cabinet appointment
DocumentedAllan Williams became Minister of Labour 83 days after joining Social Credit and 11 days after winning election. The documented ministerial salary is observed; causation is not established.
- Date
- December 22, 1975
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- CAD 24000.00 / annual
- Timing from crossing
- 83 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Official title
- Minister of Labour
- Appointment authority
- Premier of British Columbia
- British Columbia Executive Council — December 31, 1975Statistics Canada · British Columbia Executive Council as at 1975-12-31; election 1975-12-11; minister salaries and portfolios
CTF-O-0017-WILLIAMS-CABINET-19751222
Claims and evidence
Historical fact · Supported · High confidence
Garde Gardom, Pat McGeer, and Allan Williams joined Social Credit from Independent status on September 30, 1975.
CTF-CL-000161-AFFILIATION
A checklist of members of the Legislature of British Columbia — source checked
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-S-BC-MLA-CHECKLIST-2013
- Reliability
- Official primary source
- Source language
- English
- Locator
- record 30th Parliament; Frank Calder; Hugh Curtis; Garde Gardom; Patrick McGeer; Allan Williams; affiliation changes
Revision history
Revision 2 · Expanded
Resolved the group record into three named participants with individual election and cabinet outcomes.
CTF-R-000161-0002
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-000161-0001