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38: 323:, with a similar designation. In the 19th century, prior to the solidification of the party system, it was common in Canada for Independent Conservative and Independent Liberal members to be elected, sometimes defeating official Conservative or Liberal candidates. 398:
became an Independent Conservative MP for St. Albert - Edmonton after leaving the Conservative Party caucus, citing that the Prime Minister's Office had authoritarian-type power of the government. He was the member of Parliament up until the
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Since then, it has been more usual for Independent Conservatives at the national level to be Conservatives who have voluntarily resigned the party whip or who have been expelled from the party.
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who either has left the Conservative Party or never joined it, so is independent of it, but who nevertheless identifies as a conservative.
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is a current Independent Conservative Senator, but he has been expelled from sitting in the Senate due his arrest for assault.
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quit the Conservatives over the disagreement that has been engaged in by their former 21 MP colleagues on the subject of
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is a current Independent Conservative Senator, who was removed from caucus due to spending scandal. In 2013,
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was elected as a Conservative MP in 2001; he left the party when selected in 2002 as a candidate for the
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sat in the House of Commons as an "Independent Progressive Conservative" after he was expelled from the
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sat as an Independent Conservative after he lost the whip in 2008, and did not contest the
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was suspended from the Conservative Party after taking part in the television competition
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caucus for stating that the Conservative government's 2007 budget had violated the
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The Green Party of Canada Salutes Bill Casey and Wishes Him Well in His New Role
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Political conservative who lacks a formal affiliation to the party of that name
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was elected to the Commons as an "Independent Progressive Conservative" in
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in November 2012, before regaining the Conservative whip in May 2013.
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Independent Conservative members of parliament have also sat in the
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came into force, a candidate who is not officially certified by the
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after initially planning to run as an Independent Conservative.
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quit the Conservatives to sit as what he called an "Independent
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were both elected to the Commons as Independent Conservatives.
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Independent Conservative MPs in the Canadian House of Commons
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was elected as an "Independent Progressive Conservative" in
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who lacks a formal affiliation to the party of that name.
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leadership. She decided not to seek re-election at the
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election as an Independent Conservative, but since the
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as an Independent Conservative between 2004 and 2012.
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