POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Westminster System, Presidential System, Royal Assent
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Westminster system: almost all briish colonies adopted parliamentary system. Us most inluenial example of presidenial system. Parliamentary system is called unitary system of government. Possible elecion outcomes of westminster system: majority government: one party wins" absolute majority seats. Stronger, less likely to gain a vote of no conidence: minority government: party doesn"t win majority of party but more than others. More likely there will be a vote of no conidence and government can fall: coaliion government: if no party holds majority of seats party can decide to form minority government or join coaliion with another party. Might have to give cabinet seats to ndp. Have to have similar ideologies potenial to fall apart: lead to another elecion no set schedule for elecions amendment to elecions act.
