of Prince Edward Island and joins the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party. October 29, 2013: Christopher Mitchelmore and Dale Kirby leave the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party in protest against the leadership of Lorraine Michael. Both sat as "Independent NDP" MHAs before joining the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. January 20, 2014: Paul Lane, MHA, leaves the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador to join the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. August 12, 2014: Jean-François Fortin, MP, leaves the Bloc Québécois to sit as an independent. He helped form Strength in Democracy in October 2014. August 20, 2014: Sana Hassainia, MP, leaves the New Democratic Party to sit as an independent in a dispute with NDP leader Thomas Mulcair's position on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. August 25, 2014: André Bellavance, MP, leaves the Bloc Québécois to sit as an independent. October 21, 2014: Jean-François Larose, MP, leaves the New Democratic Party to help form Strength in Democracy. November 24, 2014: Kerry Towle, MLA, and Ian Donovan, MLA, leave the Wildrose Party to join the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta. December 17, 2014: Danielle Smith, MLA and leader of the Wildrose Party, along with eight other Wildrose MLAs—Rob Anderson, Gary Bikman, Rod Fox, Jason Hale, Bruce McAllister, Blake Pedersen, Bruce Rowe and Jeff Wilson—leave the Wildrose Party to join the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta. February 9, 2015: Eve Adams, MP (Mississauga—Brampton South) leaves the Conservative Party and joins the Liberals. November 17, 2016: Sandra Jansen, MLA (Calgary-North West) leaves the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta and joins the Alberta New Democratic Party. May 28, 2017: Jack MacLaren, MPP, joins the Trillium Party of Ontario, shortly after being expelled from the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario caucus over comments he had made about Francophones in Ontario. Since the Trillium Party lacked official party status, MacLaren was officially considered an independent by the legislature. February 28, 2018: Seven Bloc Québécois MPs—Michel Boudrias, Rhéal Fortin, Simon Marcil, Monique Pauzé, Louis Plamondon, Gabriel Ste-Marie, and Luc Thériault—leave the party to sit as independents. Boudrias and Marcil rejoin the party on June 6 following Martine Ouellet's defeat in a leadership review referendum. Fortin, Pauzé, Plamondon, Ste-Marie, and Thériault go on to form Québec debout. August 23, 2018: Maxime Bernier, MP, leaves the Conservative Party and goes on to form the People's Party of Canada. September 17, 2018: Leona Alleslev, MP, leaves the