October 14, 208 – Floor Crossers Not Re-elected
I wrote an earlier post about “Crossing The Floor”. It’s worth checking in to exactly how some of those “floor crossers” fared on October 14, 2008.
Although the election of October 24 2008 was a boring affair, those who “cross the floor” should take note. It would appear that not a single person who was:
– elected as member of one party
– and then crossed the floor to become a member of another party was elected in the October 14/08 election.
Let’s have a look at them (in no particular order).
Blair Wilson
Mr. Wilson was elected as a Liberal in 2006. It was reported that he then resigned from the Liberal Party (after an Elections Canada probe into his election expenses). He then became an Independent (where he should have stayed). He then joined the Green Party and made history by becoming the first “Green Party” MP in Canada. In any case, Mr. Wilson was NOT re-elected.
http://jimbobbysez.blogspot.com/2008/08/blair-wilson-mp-green-party-of-canada.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081015.BCWESTVANSB15/TPStory/National
http://www.blairwilson.ca/LatestNews.aspx?id=788
Moral of the story: If you run under the banner of one party, you should not join another party.
Garth Turner
Mr. Turner was elected as a Conservative in 2006. He was subsequently “turfed” from the Party. After sitting as an Independent he joined the Liberal Party. He lost to the conservative candidate (who was yet another conservative candidate who was installed over the wishes of the local riding association).
http://www.thestar.com/article/517316
Moral of the story: If you run under the banner of one party, you should not join another party.
Wajid Khan
Mr. Khan was elected as a Liberal in 2006. He then crossed the floor and sat as a Conservative. He was soundly beaten by the Liberal Candidate on October 14, 2008.
http://www.thestar.com/article/513598
http://www.thestar.com/article/517321
Moral of the story: If you run under the banner of one party, you should not join another party.
Mr. Khan’s “floor crossing” may have inspired the following two independent candidates:
Possible Exception: Belinda Stronach – but she did have a bit of financial influence in Aurora.