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 website addresses slowly being added. Send 'em if you got 'em.
Ongoing updates to 40th general election nominations, including source URLs and counts,
searchable by province and region, or
by party, and new charts showing nomination progress.
Party and Candidate Financial Returns entered for the 2007 By-elections.
2006 census riding profile data from Elections Canada now added to "Census Data" tab on all 2003 Rep Order riding profile pages.
