Paul Hellyer

Paul Hellyer was one of Canada's most restless political figures. First elected as a Liberal MP in 1949, he served as Minister of National Defence under Lester Pearson and was responsible for the controversial unification of the Canadian Armed Forces. He left the Liberals in 1971 over policy disagreements and ran for the PC leadership in 1976, losing to Joe Clark. He went on to found the Canadian Action Party and ran for multiple parties over his career, crossing the floor multiple times. He held the record as the longest-serving member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.