List of Canadian Politicians Who Have Crossed The Floor - 1980s

1980s

• 1980: Thomas Rideout, Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHA, crosses the floor to join the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador over disputes with the federal government concerning control of offshore mineral resources.
• 1980: Dick Collver and Dennis Ham leave the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan to form the Unionest Party that advocates for the western Provinces to join the United States. Both do not seek re-election in 1982 and their party dies.
• 1982: Peter Ittinuar, MP, New Democrats to Liberals
• 1985 Alan Lawrence Passarell MLA for Atlin that defeated Frank Calder crosses from NDP to Social Credit
• 1985 Graham Lea Prince Rupert MLA left the NDP after he was badly defeated in the NDP leadership race. He joined the recently formed but short lived United Party of BC and then joined the British Columbia Conservative Party becoming its last ever MLA.
• 1986: Gilles Roch, Manitoba Liberal Party MLA, defects to the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba after being denied permission to run as a Liberal candidate.
• 1986: David Ramsay, Ontario MPP, Ontario New Democratic Party to Ontario Liberal Party
• 1986: Tony Lupusella, Ontario MPP, Ontario New Democratic Party to Ontario Liberal Party