resigned from the Liberal caucus due to allegations of financial impropriety, joins the Green Party of Canada becoming its first ever Member of Parliament. October 23, 2008: André Riedl and Pierre-Michel Auger, Quebec MNAs, cross the floor from the ADQ to the governing Liberals. November 6, 2009: Quebec MNAs Éric Caire and Marc Picard leave the ADQ to sit as independents. In 2011, they join the Coalition Avenir Québec. 2010s January 4, 2010: Rob Anderson and Heather Forsyth leave the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta to join the Wildrose Party in Alberta. Anderson crossed back in 2014. June 11, 2010: British Columbia MLA Blair Lekstrom left the BC Liberal Party to sit as an independent, in opposition to the party's handling of the Harmonized Sales Tax. He rejoined the party in early 2011, after the election of Christy Clark in the party's 2011 leadership election. June 24, 2010: Guy Boutilier joins the Wildrose Party almost a year after being ejected from the Alberta Progressive Conservative caucus. June 6, 2011: Quebec MNAs Louise Beaudoin, Pierre Curzi and Lisette Lapointe leave the Parti Québécois to sit as independents, citing dissatisfaction with the leadership of Pauline Marois. They are followed on June 7 by Jean-Martin Aussant, on June 20 by Benoit Charette, and on June 21 by René Gauvreau. Aussant later founds the Option nationale party and Charette joins the Coalition Avenir Québec caucus. Beaudoin rejoins the PQ on April 3, 2012. January 9, 2012: François Rebello, MNA, leaves the Parti Québécois caucus and joins the Coalition Avenir Québec. January 10, 2012: Lise St-Denis, MP, leaves the New Democratic Party to join the Liberals. March 26, 2012: John van Dongen, BC MLA, leaves the BC Liberal Party and joins the BC Conservative Party April 23, 2012: Bruce Hyer, MP, leaves the New Democratic Party caucus to sit as an independent. He subsequently joins the Green Party in December 2013. September 2012: Tom Osborne, MHA, leaves the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador to join the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. February 28, 2013: Claude Patry, MP, leaves the New Democratic Party caucus to join the Bloc Québécois. June 5, 2013: Brent Rathgeber, MP, leaves the Conservative Party caucus to sit as an independent. September 26, 2013: Dean Del Mastro, MP, leaves the Conservative Party caucus to sit as an independent. October 3, 2013: Hal Perry, MLA, leaves the Progressive Conservative Party