Reaction to MP Chris d'Entremont's move from the Conservative Party to the governing Liberals is making waves back home in Nova Scotia, with some fully supporting his decision and others saying he misrepresented his intentions to voters.

D'Entremont, the representative for Acadie-Annapolis, told reporters Wednesday he left the Conservative caucus because he no longer felt represented in leader Pierre Poilievre's party.

"That does not surprise me," Linda Gregory, warden of the Municipality of the District of Digby, told CBC News on Wednesday. "I think of Poilievre as a right-winger. I personally would run too."

Still, Gregory — whose municipality falls within d'Entremont's southwest Nova Scotia riding — said the longtime politician's switch was unexpected because he's always been known

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