List of Canadian Politicians Who Have Crossed The Floor - 1960s

1960s

• 1962: Failed New Democratic Party (NDP) leadership contender and former CCF leader Hazen Argue crosses the floor to the Liberals.
• 1967: Social Credit Party of Canada MP Bud Olson crosses the floor to the Liberals.
• 1967 - René Lévesque, Quebec MLA for Montreal-Laurier, Quebec Liberal Party to independent. Lévesque later formed the Mouvement Souveraineté-Association and then the Parti Québécois, on whose ticket he was re-elected in 1976.
• 1968: Social Credit leader and MP Robert N. Thompson joins the Progressive Conservative Party.
• 1969: Liberal MP Perry Ryan (Spadina) quits the Liberal Party to sit as an independent because of the Trudeau government's policies on NATO and its decision to recognize the People's Republic of China. In 1970 Ryan joined the Progressive Conservatives, but lost his seat (coming 3rd) in the 1972 federal election.