POL111H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Iqra Khalid, Pierre Trudeau, Parliamentary System
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In the parliamentary regime, parties win elections and form the government by winning seats in the house of commons. Instead we vote for candidates for parliament who belong to the party we prefer. In 31 of the 43 elections held since confederation, a party has won a majority of the seats in the. House of commons: a seat is held by a member of parliament (mp). In these cases, it is obvious which party leader commands the confidence of the house the. Why is it obvious: because the pm"s party controls a majority of the seats in the house of commons. In 2011, harper won the election because his party won enough seats to reliably control the house of commons. He could easily win confidence votes with the support of his loyal conservative mps. In 2015, trudeau won the election because his party won enough seats to reliably control the house of commons.
