The acquisition of free agent Blair Wilson by Green Party G.M. Elizabeth May on the eve of the big game has bloggers and babblers talking up a storm. Is he a floor-crosser or not? Can the Speaker recognize him as a Green M.P. if Parliament is dissolved before the Commons returns? Should this conversion guarantee Ms. May a spot at the big table? These questions I leave to you, dear readers.

One thing I can do for you, though, is recreate a linked list with all the elected MPs since 1997 who have either crossed the floor or switched party affiliation up 'till now. Also, I can point you to the original source of information on which this list was based: the relevant page at the ParlINFO site on the Parliament of Canada web-site (a link can also now be found on the Links page here). You'll notice that Mr. Wilson's latest move is not listed there yet; once it is, I'll add it here with the offical date. [UPDATE: He's there now.]

List of MPs who have Crossed the Floor or Changed Party Affiliation in Office

Candidate	Won as	Riding	Date	Old	New
Elected in 2006 GE
EMERSON, David L.	Lib	BC: Vancouver Kingsway	06-Feb-06	Lib	Cons
TURNER, Garth	Cons	ON: Halton	18-Oct-06	Cons	Ind
KHAN, Wajid	Lib	ON: Mississauga – Streetsville	05-Jan-07	Lib	Cons
TURNER, Garth	Cons	ON: Halton	06-Feb-07	Ind	Lib
COMUZZI, Joseph R. (Joe)	Lib	ON: Thunder Bay – Superior North	21-Mar-07	Lib	Ind
THIBAULT, Louise	BQ	QC: Rimouski-Neigette – Témiscouata – Les Basques	12-Apr-07	BQ	Ind
CASEY, William (Bill) D.	Cons	NS: Cumberland – Colchester – Musquodoboit Valley	06-Jun-07	Cons	Ind
COMUZZI, Joseph R. (Joe)	Lib	ON: Thunder Bay – Superior North	27-Jun-07	Ind	Cons
KHAN, Wajid	Lib	ON: Mississauga – Streetsville	23-Nov-07	Cons	Ind
WILSON, Blair	Lib	BC: West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country	29-Jan-08	Lib	Ind
KHAN, Wajid	Lib	ON: Mississauga – Streetsville	04-Feb-08	Ind	Cons
WILSON, Blair	Lib	BC: West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country	30-Aug-08	Ind	Grn
Elected in 2004 GE
PARRISH, Carolyn	Lib	ON: Mississauga – Erindale	22-Nov-04	Lib	Ind
KILGOUR, David	Lib	AB: Edmonton – Mill Woods – Beaumont	13-Apr-05	Lib	Ind
STRONACH, Belinda	Cons	ON: Newmarket – Aurora	17-May-05	Cons	Lib
O'BRIEN, Pat	Lib	ON: London – Fanshawe	06-Jun-05	Lib	Ind
DESJARLAIS, Bev	NDP	MB: Churchill	18-Oct-05	NDP	Ind
Elected in 2000 GE
CARIGNAN, Jean-Guy	Lib	QC: Québec East	14-Dec-01	Lib	Ind
PESCHISOLIDO, Joe	CA	BC: Richmond	28-Jan-02	CA	Lib
STRAHL, Charles (Chuck)	CA	BC: Fraser Valley	10-Apr-02	CA	Ind
MARK, Inky	CA	MB: Dauphin – Swan River	10-Apr-02	CA	Ind
MCNALLY, Grant	CA	BC: Dewdney – Alouette	10-Apr-02	CA	Ind
HILL, Jay D.	CA	BC: Prince George – Peace River	10-Apr-02	CA	Ind
PANKIW, Jim	CA	SK: Saskatoon – Humboldt	10-Apr-02	CA	Ind
MEREDITH, Val	CA	BC: South Surrey – White Rock – Langley	10-Apr-02	CA	Ind
GREY, Deborah	CA	AB: Edmonton North	10-Apr-02	CA	Ind
STRAHL, Charles (Chuck)	CA	BC: Fraser Valley	16-Apr-02	Ind	CA
HILL, Jay D.	CA	BC: Prince George – Peace River	16-Apr-02	Ind	CA
MCNALLY, Grant	CA	BC: Dewdney – Alouette	16-Apr-02	Ind	CA
GREY, Deborah	CA	AB: Edmonton North	16-Apr-02	Ind	CA
MEREDITH, Val	CA	BC: South Surrey – White Rock – Langley	16-Apr-02	Ind	CA
LEBEL, Ghislain	BQ	QC: Chambly	20-Aug-02	BQ	Ind
MARK, Inky	CA	MB: Dauphin – Swan River	27-Aug-02	Ind	PC
BRIEN, Pierre	BQ	QC: Témiscamingue	16-Jan-03	BQ	Ind
VENNE, Pierrette	BQ	QC: Saint-Bruno – Saint-Hubert	07-Feb-03	BQ	Ind
LANCTÔT, Robert	BQ	QC: Châteauguay	10-Dec-03	BQ	Lib
BRISON, Scott	PC	NS: Kings – Hants	11-Dec-03	PC	Lib
OBHRAI, Deepak	CA	AB: Calgary East	12-Dec-03	CA	PC
RAJOTTE, James	CA	AB: Edmonton Southwest	12-Dec-03	CA	PC
HILL, N. Grant	CA	AB: Macleod	12-Dec-03	CA	PC
SOLBERG, Monte Kenton	CA	AB: Medicine Hat	12-Dec-03	CA	PC
MARTIN, Keith P.	CA	BC: Esquimalt – Juan de Fuca	14-Jan-04	Cons	Ind
HERRON, John	PC	NB: Fundy – Royal	02-Feb-04	PC	Ind
CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe)	PC	AB: Calgary Centre	02-Feb-04	PC	Ind
BACHAND, André	PC	QC: Richmond – Arthabaska	02-Feb-04	PC	Ind
SPENCER, Larry	CA	SK: Regina – Lumsden – Lake Centre	05-Feb-04	Cons	Ind
BRYDEN, John H.	Lib	ON: Ancaster – Dundas – Flamborough – Aldershot	17-Feb-04	Lib	Ind
BRYDEN, John H.	Lib	ON: Ancaster – Dundas – Flamborough – Aldershot	25-Feb-04	Ind	Cons
CADMAN, Chuck	CA	BC: Surrey North	28-Apr-04	Cons	Ind
MARTIN, Keith P.	CA	BC: Esquimalt – Juan de Fuca	28-Jun-04	Ind	Lib
Elected in 1997 GE
LEFEBVRE, Réjean	BQ	QC: Champlain	05-Jan-99	BQ	Ind
MATTHEWS, Bill	PC	NL: Burin – St. George's	13-Aug-99	PC	Lib
VAUTOUR, Angela	NDP	NB: Beauséjour – Petitcodiac	27-Sep-99	NDP	PC
HOEPPNER, Jake E.	Ref	MB: Portage – Lisgar	28-Sep-99	Ref	Ind
RAMSAY, F.J. (Jack)	Ref	AB: Crowfoot	06-Apr-00	Ref	Ind
HARVEY, André	PC	QC: Chicoutimi – Le Fjord	26-Apr-00	PC	Ind
ST-JACQUES, Diane	PC	QC: Shefford	12-Sep-00	PC	Lib
PRICE, David	PC	QC: Compton – Stanstead	14-Sep-00	PC	Lib
JONES, Jim	PC	ON: Markham	15-Sep-00	PC	CA
LALIBERTE, Rick	NDP	SK: Churchill River	27-Sep-00	NDP	Lib
HARVEY, André	PC	QC: Chicoutimi – Le Fjord	04-Oct-00	Ind	Lib

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