List of Canadian Politicians Who Have Crossed The Floor - 1990s

1990s

• 1990: Lucien Bouchard, MP, Progressive Conservatives to independent; with other MPs, he formed the Bloc Québécois.
• 1990: David Kilgour, MP, Progressive Conservatives to independent, and later to Liberals. In 2005, Kilgour left the Liberal Party to sit as an independent.
• 1990: Jean Lapierre, Liberal MP for Shefford, Quebec, leaves Liberal caucus to sit as a member of the Bloc Québécois. Lapierre would eventually return as a Liberal and was elected to the House of Commons in 2004.
• 1992: Richard Holden (politician), Quebec MNA for Westmount, Equality Party to independent to Parti Québécois. This move was seen as unusual as the Equality Party, a federalist English-rights party, was the ideological opposite of the PQ.
• 1993: Dennis Drainville quit the Ontario New Democratic Party caucus to sit as an independent to protest the Rae government's decision to allow casino gambling in the province.
• 1993: Gordon Wilson and Judi Tyabji, British Columbia MLAs, British Columbia Liberal Party to the Progressive Democratic Alliance they founded.
• 1993: Glen McPherson leaves the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan and joins the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan.
• 1994: Jag Bhaduria leaves the Liberal caucus to sit as an Independent. In 1996, he styled himself Liberal Democrat; while not a registered political party, this identification was recognized in Hansard. In 1997, he re-offered for his seat as an Independent, and was defeated.
• 1995: Richard Neufeld, Lyall Hanson, Len Fox and Jack Weisgerber MLAs left Social Credit to join Reform Party of British Columbia
• 1996: John Nunziata, expelled from the Liberal caucus as a result of voting against the 1996 budget in protest, claiming a broken promise on the elimination of the Goods and Services Tax. He was re-elected as an independent in 1997
• 1997: Richard Neufeld MLA left Reform Party of British Columbia for the British Columbia Liberal Party
• 1997: Gordon Wilson after being re-elected as a Progressive Democrat, Progressive Democratic Alliance to the British Columbia New Democratic Party; joined Glen Clark's cabinet.
• 1997: Bob Bjornerud, June Draude, Ken Krawetz, and Rod Gantefoer leave the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan to help form the Saskatchewan Party.
• 1997: Bill Boyd, Don Toth, Ben Heppner and Dan D'Autremont leave the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan to help form the Saskatchewan Party.
• 1997: Jack Gooshen leaves the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan to sit as an independent.
• 1997: Arlene Julé leaves the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan to sit as an independent.
• 1998: Alex Cullen, Ontario MPP, Ontario Liberal Party to independent, and the Ontario New Democratic Party eight days later.
• 1998: Buckley Belanger, Saskatchewan MLA, resigned as Liberal Party of Saskatchewan MLA to run for the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party. He won re-election as a New Democrat with the second highest percentage of vote in Saskatchewan history
• 1997: Arlene Julé joins the Saskatchewan Party and is no longer an independent.
• 1999: Angela Vautour leaves the New Democratic caucus for the Progressive Conservative caucus.
• 1999: Anna-Marie Castrilli, Ontario MPP, Ontario Liberal Party to Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario after losing the Liberal nomination in York Centre to Monte Kwinter (a reduction in ridings had forced the two MPPs to compete for the nomination). However, rather than running in York Centre, Castrilli runs in the 1999 provincial election in Parkdale—High Park against Liberal MPP Gerard Kennedy and is defeated.