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Some receive their reward later - a Senate appointment, a regulatory job, a spot on a government board. Hazen Argue (1962) got a Senate seat years later. Frank Carvell (1917) got a well-paid railway job after leaving Parliament.
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In one of the biggest floor crossings in Canadian history, Wildrose Party LEADER Danielle Smith led 9 of her MLAs across the floor to join the governing Progressive Conservative…
Calder was the first Indigenous person elected to any legislature in Canada, serving 26 years as a CCF/NDP member. He crossed to Social Credit, the governing party.