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1993-2006
The Canadian right fractured into three parties, then slowly reunited. Floor crossings were part of the realignment.
The 2003 PC-Alliance merger forced every Progressive Conservative to choose: join the new Conservative Party or leave. Brison chose the Liberals.
In 1993, the Liberals won a huge election partly by promising to eliminate the GST (sales tax). Once in power, they broke that promise. Nunziata voted against his own party's bu…
Four Liberal and four PC members of the Saskatchewan legislature left their parties to create a brand new party - the Saskatchewan Party - uniting the right.
One of the most dramatic ideological shifts - from the left-wing NDP all the way to the right-wing Progressive Conservatives.
Deborah Grey was the very first Reform/Alliance MP ever elected. She and 12 other Alliance MPs publicly revolted against their leader Stockwell Day, accusing him of poor leaders…
Fentie left the Yukon NDP and joined the Yukon Party.
When the Progressive Conservatives merged with the Canadian Alliance to form today's Conservative Party, Brison refused to go along. He joined the Liberals instead.
Parrish was expelled from the Liberal caucus after publicly insulting Prime Minister Paul Martin and famously stomping on a George W. Bush doll on a comedy TV show.
In one of the most dramatic moments in Canadian parliamentary history, Stronach crossed the floor to join Paul Martin's Liberal cabinet. Her single vote helped save the minority…
This is one of the most controversial crossings in Canadian history. Emerson was elected as a Liberal, and just TWO WEEKS later, he crossed to join Stephen Harper's new Conserva…