Minority Government in Canada
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:46:31
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 3 pages (912 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 3 pages (912 words)
A minority government is best defined as having the greatest number of MPs in the House of Commons but not more than half of the total MPs (Booth, 2004, p.55). In the past, most minority governments did not last all that long (although this is not always the case); the average being 1 year, 5 months and 27 days. This was usually due to a non-confidence vote cast against them. (http://www.mapleleafweb.com, A). There have been three …
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Craig I. W. Marlatt (2005) Retrieved on November 5th, 2005 from World Wide Web: http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/government/diefenbaker.html
Liberal Party of Canada (2005) Retrieved on November 4th, 2005 from World Wide Web: http://www.liberal.ca/history_e.aspx B) http://www.liberal.ca/news_e.aspx?site=news&id=1046
Wikipedia (2005) Retrieved on November 5th from the World Wide Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Martin
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