John Nunziata

John Nunziata is an Ontario politician who served as the Liberal MP for York South-Weston from 1984 to 2000. He was expelled from the Liberal caucus by Jean Chretien in 1996 for voting against the government's budget because it did not include the promised abolition of the GST - a core Liberal campaign promise from 1993. He stood on principle, sitting as an independent and running as an independent in subsequent elections. He remains one of the most cited examples of a principled floor crossing in Canadian politics.