itsasmallworld

What happens once the election results are in? Do Mr and Mrs Harper pack their bags the night before ready to leave on Tuesday the way things are in the UK (I understand that the PCs might win or lose)? Or is it business as usual afterwards until the New Year as in the US system?

Do they form a new government straight away or is there a delay? I am assuming the conservatives do not win and that someone else has a majority.

Almost Canadian

More similar to the UK than the US.

itsasmallworld

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withabix

What happens when nobody gets a majority?

Do they fanny about like Nick Clegg for a few days?

Presumably the NDP and the Liberals would do a Cameron/Clegg job?

What would trigger a new Election?

scrubbedexpat091

If Harper wins a minority, anyone confident the Liberal's and NDP can work nicely to outnumber Harper?

I've read that Harper as sitting PM has first chance to form the new government if he gets a minority?


The US system isn't really a formation of government like the parliamentary systems are.

The US never has the entire group that make up congress and president up for election at once.

In 2016 which is a main election year with the most up for election consists of:

Presidential
All 435 House seats
34 of 100 senate seats.

In 2018

No presidential election
All 435 House seats
Roughly the same amount of senate seats as 2016.

JonboyE

The Canadian Parliament is modeled on the British one so the procedures are more or less the same.

If there is no overall majority the prime minister gets first chance to form a government. If he wants to carry on he will introduce a throne speech setting out his legislative agenda. If the throne speech is approved by parliament then we all carry on.

If the prime minister declines or is defeated the same opportunity is given to the leader with the greatest number of seats (or if that was the prime minister the next greatest number of seats). If this leader cannot form a government the Governor General will try and find any party that can command the confidence of the House of Commons.

If he can't then we have another election.

I think in practice no one is interested in having another election straight away so there will likely be an informal coalition that supports one party as a minority government. This will be unlikely to last too long.