Source-checked case file
Hugh Curtis joins Social Credit (1974)
- Permanent identifier
- CTF-E-000160
- Publication status
- Verified
- Evidence level
- Corroborated
- Revision
- 2
Record identity
- Date
- October 25, 1974
- Date precision
- Exact day
- Jurisdiction
- British Columbia
- Legislature
- Legislature of British Columbia
- Chamber
- Legislative Assembly
- Transition type
- Affiliation change
- Event scope
- Individual
- Legacy row ID
- 160
- Last source check
- August 1, 2026
Participants and affiliation change
CTF-EP-000160-01
Conservative Party of British ColumbiaBritish Columbia Social Credit Party
Effective date: October 25, 1974
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.
Hugh Curtis
CTF-EP-000160-01
Re-elected
DocumentedHugh Curtis was elected as a Social Credit candidate 412 days after the affiliation change.
- Date
- December 11, 1975
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- Pay not applicable
- Timing from crossing
- 412 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Appointment authority
- Electors of Saanich and the Islands
- 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-CURTIS-ELECTED-19751211
Cabinet appointment
DocumentedHugh Curtis was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing 423 days after the affiliation change and 11 days after winning election. The post carried the documented ministerial salary; causation is not established.
- Date
- December 22, 1975
- Evidence
- 1 linked sources
- Compensation
- CAD 24000.00 / annual
- Timing from crossing
- 423 days after
- Causation
- Causation not established
- Evidence confidence
- High confidence
- Official title
- Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
- 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-CURTIS-CABINET-19751222
Claims and evidence
Historical fact · Supported · High confidence
Hugh Curtis changed from the British Columbia Progressive Conservatives to Social Credit on October 25, 1974.
CTF-CL-000160-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
Added the exact crossing date and separated election and cabinet outcomes.
CTF-R-000160-0002
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-000160-0001