E-7315 Recall mechanism for MPs changing parties Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker
Track E-7315 — Recall mechanism for MPs changing parties — with 9,850 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Vincent Ho. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7315
Petition Details
- Status: Closed
- Closing date: May 31, 2026
- Sponsor: Vincent Ho (Richmond Hill South)
- Category: Parliament and politics
Signature Statistics
- Total signatures: 9,850
- Daily increase: +1 in the last 24 hours
- Seven-day increase: +57 over the last 7 days
- Growth velocity: ~8 new signatures per day (7-day average)
- Tracking started: April 1, 2026 — 377 data points recorded
Milestones
- 5,000 signatures reached on April 9, 2026 — total at that point: 9,559
- 1,000 signatures reached on April 8, 2026 — total at that point: 9,559
- Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on April 6, 2026 — total at that point: 9,559
Provincial Distribution
- Ontario: 4,634 signatures
- Alberta: 1,743 signatures
- British Columbia: 1,635 signatures
- Manitoba: 441 signatures
- Quebec: 397 signatures
- Saskatchewan: 380 signatures
- Nova Scotia: 253 signatures
- New Brunswick: 191 signatures
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 88 signatures
- Prince Edward Island: 28 signatures
- Yukon: 16 signatures
- Northwest Territories: 9 signatures
- Nunavut: 2 signatures
Historical Signature Growth
| Date | Signatures |
|---|
| April 1, 2026 | 11 |
| April 4, 2026 | 294 |
| April 6, 2026 | 442 |
| April 8, 2026 | 645 |
| April 10, 2026 | 6,852 |
| April 11, 2026 | 8,091 |
| April 13, 2026 | 8,666 |
| April 15, 2026 | 9,066 |
| April 21, 2026 | 9,369 |
| April 28, 2026 | 9,505 |
| May 6, 2026 | 9,618 |
| May 18, 2026 | 9,770 |
| May 26, 2026 | 9,844 |
| May 29, 2026 | 9,850 |
Petition Text
Petition to the Prime Minister
Whereas:
• The democratic mandate of a Member of Parliament is established by voters based on the political party and platform represented during a general election;
• Voters cast ballots with the expectation that an elected Member will continue to represent the party affiliation under which they were elected;
• A Member of Parliament crossing the floor to join a different party significantly alters the representation chosen by the electorate without providing voters the opportunity to reconsider that choice; and
• Such changes in partisan affiliation can undermine democratic accountability, and Canadian citizens and residents require a formal mechanism to hold Members of Parliament accountable when a fundamental change in party membership occurs mid-term.
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
1. Introduce legislation to establish a recall mechanism for any Member of Parliament who leaves their caucus to join another political party;
2. Mandate that a recall petition process be automatically triggered within an electoral district once a Member of Parliament formally joins a different political party than the one under which they were elected;
3. Establish a requirement that if a recall petition receives signatures equivalent to at least 20% of the total votes cast in that riding during the previous federal election within 90 days, the seat shall be declared vacant; and
4. Require that a by-election be called immediately following a successful recall petition to allow voters to determine their representation under the altered circumstances.
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