If Independent MP Darshan Kang were not allowed to return to the Liberal caucus, former Trudeau adviser Jessie Chahal would likely seek the Liberal nomination in Calgary Skyview.

Former two-term Conservative MP Devinder Shory, right, pictured at a St. Patrick's Day party on the Hill in 2008 with Conservative MPs Kelly Block, left, Cathy McLeod, Steven Blaney, then Quebec Conservative Senator Suzanne Duplessis, staffer Nicholas Sachot, and Conservative MP Alice Wong. Mr. Shory withdrew his nomination bid in Calgary Skyview for family reasons and because of what he said were divisive ethnic and religious politics in the riding.