For anyone who cares, a private member's Bill (C-251) was put before Parliament and reached a vote.
Text of the bill was:
An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (members who cross the floor)
1. The Parliament of Canada Act is amended by adding the following after section 30:
30.1 (1) If any member of the House of Commons crosses the floor of that House, the member’s seat is thereby vacated and the member’s election to the House is void.
2) For the purposes of this section, a member of the House of Commons crosses the floor of that House if
(a) the member ceases to sit among the members of the House belonging to the party that endorsed the member’s candidacy in the election in which the member was returned to the House and commences to sit, at any time during the term for which he or she was elected, among members of the House belonging to another party in the House; or
(b) the member, having been elected as an independent in the election that returned the member to the House, ceases to sit as an independent and commences to sit, at any time during the term for which he or she was elected, among members of the House belonging to any party in the House.
(3) If a member of the House of Commons crosses the floor of that House, the leader of that party that receives the member shall, without delay and in writing, notify the Speaker that the member has crossed the floor of the House.
(4) If a vacancy occurs in the House of Commons by reason of the fact that a member has crossed the floor of that House, the Speaker of the House shall, without delay, on receipt of a notice under subsection (3), address a warrant of the Speaker to the Chief Electoral Officer for the issue of a writ for the election of a member to fill the vacancy.
(5) If, when a vacancy occurs as described in subsection (4), or at any time thereafter, before the warrant of the Speaker for a writ has issued, there is no Speaker of the House or the Speaker is absent from Canada, the leader of a party referred to in subsection (3) shall address his or her warrant, under his or her hand and seal, to the Chief Electoral Officer for the issue of a writ for the election of a member to fill the vacancy.
(6) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.
“election” means a general election or a by-election.
“leader of a party” means a member of the House of Commons occupying the position of leader of a party in the House of Commons.
“party” includes a party in the House of Commons that has a recognized membership of less than twelve persons in the House.
(7) For the purposes of this section, a member of the House of Commons belongs to a party in the House of Commons where he or she is recognized by the party as belonging to that party.
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Yeas - Ambrose, Anders, Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands), Angus, Bezan, Blaikie, Breitkreuz, Broadbent, Brown (Leeds—Grenville), Casson, Christopherson, Comartin, Crowder, Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), Cummins, Davies. Desjarlais, Devolin, Epp, Finley, Godin, Goodyear, Grewal (Newton—North Delta), Grewal (Fleetwood—Port Kells), Guergis, Harris, Hiebert, Hill, Jean, Julian, Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission), Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's), Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings), Layton, Lukiwski, Lunney, Martin (Sault Ste. Marie), Masse, McDonough, Merrifield, Miller, Mills, Minna, Oda, Parrish, Penson, Poilievre, Preston, Rajotte, Siksay, Skelton, Smith (Kildonan—St. Paul), Stoffer, Thompson (Wild Rose), Tilson, Trost, Vellacott, Wasylycia-Leis, Watson, Yelich - 60 Yeas
Nays - Abbott, Adams, Allison, Anderson (Victoria), André, Asselin, Augustine, Bachand, Bagnell, Bains, Bakopanos, Batters, Beaumier,
Bélanger, Bell, Bellavance, Benoit, Bevilacqua, Bigras, Blais, Blondin-Andrew, Boivin, Bonin, Bonsant, Boshcoff, Bouchard, Boulianne, Bourgeois, Bradshaw, Brison, Brown (Oakville), Brunelle, Bulte, Byrne, Cannis, Cardin, Carr, Carrie, Carrier, Carroll, Casey, Chamberlain, Chan, Chong, Clavet, Cleary, Comuzzi, Côté, Crête, Cullen (Etobicoke North), Cuzner, D'Amours, Day, Demers, Deschamps, Desrochers, DeVillers, Dhalla, Doyle, Duceppe, Duncan, Easter, Efford, Emerson, Eyking, Faille, Fitzpatrick. Fletcher, Forseth, Gagnon (Québec), Gagnon (Saint-Maurice—Champlain), Gagnon (Jonquière—Alma), Gallaway, Gaudet, Gauthier, Godbout, Goldring, Gouk, Guarnieri, Guay, Guimond, Hanger, Hearn, Holland, Hubbard, Ianno, Jaffer, Jennings, Johnston, Kadis, Karetak-Lindell, Karygiannis, Kenney (Calgary Southeast), Khan, Komarnicki, Kotto, Laframboise, Lalonde, Lapierre (Lévis—Bellechasse), Lastewka, Lauzon, Lavallée, LeBlanc, Lemay, Lessard, Lévesque, Longfield, Loubier, MacAulay, MacKay (Central Nova), MacKenzie, Macklin, Malhi, Maloney, Marceau, Mark, Marleau, Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de ***a), McCallum, McGuinty, McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood), McTeague, Ménard (Hochelaga), Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin), Menzies, Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam), Moore (Fundy Royal), Myers, Neville, Nicholson, O'Connor, Obhrai, Owen, Pallister, Paquette, Patry, Perron, Peterson, Picard (Drummond), Plamondon, Poirier-Rivard, Powers, Proulx, Ratansi, Redman, Reid, Richardson, Ritz, Robillard, Rodriguez, Rota, Roy, Russell, Sauvageau, Savage, Savoy, Scarpaleggia, Schellenberger, Schmidt (Kelowna—Lake Country), Sgro. Silva, Simard, (Beauport—Limoilou), Simard (Saint Boniface), Smith (Pontiac), Sorenson, St-Hilaire, St. Amand, St. Denis, Stronach, Szabo, Telegdi, emelkovski, Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques), Thibault (West Nova), Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest), Toews, Tonks, Torsney, Tweed, Ur, Valeri, Valley, Van Loan, Vincent, Warawa, Wilfert, Williams, Wrzesnewskyj, Zed - 189 Nays
Paired: Duceppe, Steckle - Paired - 2
Absent - 57
Vote date: November 23, 2005 - 60 days prior to the election.
Text of the bill was:
An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (members who cross the floor)
1. The Parliament of Canada Act is amended by adding the following after section 30:
30.1 (1) If any member of the House of Commons crosses the floor of that House, the member’s seat is thereby vacated and the member’s election to the House is void.
2) For the purposes of this section, a member of the House of Commons crosses the floor of that House if
(a) the member ceases to sit among the members of the House belonging to the party that endorsed the member’s candidacy in the election in which the member was returned to the House and commences to sit, at any time during the term for which he or she was elected, among members of the House belonging to another party in the House; or
(b) the member, having been elected as an independent in the election that returned the member to the House, ceases to sit as an independent and commences to sit, at any time during the term for which he or she was elected, among members of the House belonging to any party in the House.
(3) If a member of the House of Commons crosses the floor of that House, the leader of that party that receives the member shall, without delay and in writing, notify the Speaker that the member has crossed the floor of the House.
(4) If a vacancy occurs in the House of Commons by reason of the fact that a member has crossed the floor of that House, the Speaker of the House shall, without delay, on receipt of a notice under subsection (3), address a warrant of the Speaker to the Chief Electoral Officer for the issue of a writ for the election of a member to fill the vacancy.
(5) If, when a vacancy occurs as described in subsection (4), or at any time thereafter, before the warrant of the Speaker for a writ has issued, there is no Speaker of the House or the Speaker is absent from Canada, the leader of a party referred to in subsection (3) shall address his or her warrant, under his or her hand and seal, to the Chief Electoral Officer for the issue of a writ for the election of a member to fill the vacancy.
(6) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.
“election” means a general election or a by-election.
“leader of a party” means a member of the House of Commons occupying the position of leader of a party in the House of Commons.
“party” includes a party in the House of Commons that has a recognized membership of less than twelve persons in the House.
(7) For the purposes of this section, a member of the House of Commons belongs to a party in the House of Commons where he or she is recognized by the party as belonging to that party.
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Yeas - Ambrose, Anders, Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands), Angus, Bezan, Blaikie, Breitkreuz, Broadbent, Brown (Leeds—Grenville), Casson, Christopherson, Comartin, Crowder, Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), Cummins, Davies. Desjarlais, Devolin, Epp, Finley, Godin, Goodyear, Grewal (Newton—North Delta), Grewal (Fleetwood—Port Kells), Guergis, Harris, Hiebert, Hill, Jean, Julian, Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission), Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's), Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings), Layton, Lukiwski, Lunney, Martin (Sault Ste. Marie), Masse, McDonough, Merrifield, Miller, Mills, Minna, Oda, Parrish, Penson, Poilievre, Preston, Rajotte, Siksay, Skelton, Smith (Kildonan—St. Paul), Stoffer, Thompson (Wild Rose), Tilson, Trost, Vellacott, Wasylycia-Leis, Watson, Yelich - 60 Yeas
Nays - Abbott, Adams, Allison, Anderson (Victoria), André, Asselin, Augustine, Bachand, Bagnell, Bains, Bakopanos, Batters, Beaumier,
Bélanger, Bell, Bellavance, Benoit, Bevilacqua, Bigras, Blais, Blondin-Andrew, Boivin, Bonin, Bonsant, Boshcoff, Bouchard, Boulianne, Bourgeois, Bradshaw, Brison, Brown (Oakville), Brunelle, Bulte, Byrne, Cannis, Cardin, Carr, Carrie, Carrier, Carroll, Casey, Chamberlain, Chan, Chong, Clavet, Cleary, Comuzzi, Côté, Crête, Cullen (Etobicoke North), Cuzner, D'Amours, Day, Demers, Deschamps, Desrochers, DeVillers, Dhalla, Doyle, Duceppe, Duncan, Easter, Efford, Emerson, Eyking, Faille, Fitzpatrick. Fletcher, Forseth, Gagnon (Québec), Gagnon (Saint-Maurice—Champlain), Gagnon (Jonquière—Alma), Gallaway, Gaudet, Gauthier, Godbout, Goldring, Gouk, Guarnieri, Guay, Guimond, Hanger, Hearn, Holland, Hubbard, Ianno, Jaffer, Jennings, Johnston, Kadis, Karetak-Lindell, Karygiannis, Kenney (Calgary Southeast), Khan, Komarnicki, Kotto, Laframboise, Lalonde, Lapierre (Lévis—Bellechasse), Lastewka, Lauzon, Lavallée, LeBlanc, Lemay, Lessard, Lévesque, Longfield, Loubier, MacAulay, MacKay (Central Nova), MacKenzie, Macklin, Malhi, Maloney, Marceau, Mark, Marleau, Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de ***a), McCallum, McGuinty, McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood), McTeague, Ménard (Hochelaga), Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin), Menzies, Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam), Moore (Fundy Royal), Myers, Neville, Nicholson, O'Connor, Obhrai, Owen, Pallister, Paquette, Patry, Perron, Peterson, Picard (Drummond), Plamondon, Poirier-Rivard, Powers, Proulx, Ratansi, Redman, Reid, Richardson, Ritz, Robillard, Rodriguez, Rota, Roy, Russell, Sauvageau, Savage, Savoy, Scarpaleggia, Schellenberger, Schmidt (Kelowna—Lake Country), Sgro. Silva, Simard, (Beauport—Limoilou), Simard (Saint Boniface), Smith (Pontiac), Sorenson, St-Hilaire, St. Amand, St. Denis, Stronach, Szabo, Telegdi, emelkovski, Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques), Thibault (West Nova), Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest), Toews, Tonks, Torsney, Tweed, Ur, Valeri, Valley, Van Loan, Vincent, Warawa, Wilfert, Williams, Wrzesnewskyj, Zed - 189 Nays
Paired: Duceppe, Steckle - Paired - 2
Absent - 57
Vote date: November 23, 2005 - 60 days prior to the election.
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