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Prime Minister of Canada
Hvis en siddende premierminister i dag mister sit mandat i den lovgivende forsamling, eller hvis en ny premierminister udnævnes uden at have et mandat, er den typiske proces, at et yngre medlem af det regerende politiske parti træder tilbage for at give premierministeren mulighed for at stille op til det efterfølgende suppleringsvalg. Der vælges normalt et sikkert sæde; mens de liberale og konservative partier traditionelt har overholdt en konvention om ikke at opstille en kandidat mod et andet partis nye leder ved suppleringsvalget, følger de nye demokrater og mindre politiske partier typisk ikke den samme konvention. Hvis det regerende parti imidlertid vælger en ny leder kort før et valg, og denne nye leder ikke er medlem af den lovgivende forsamling, vil han eller hun normalt afvente det kommende valg, før han eller hun stiller op til et mandat i parlamentet.
Prime Minister of Canada
Should a serving prime minister today lose his or her seat in the legislature, or should a new prime minister be appointed without holding a seat, the typical process that follows is that a junior member in the governing political party will resign to allow the prime minister to run in the resulting by-election. A safe seat is usually chosen; while the Liberal and Conservative parties traditionally observed a convention of not running a candidate against another party's new leader in the by-election, the New Democrats and smaller political parties typically do not follow the same convention. However, if the governing party selects a new leader shortly before an election is due, and that new leader is not a member of the legislature, he or she will normally await the upcoming election before running for a seat in parliament.
Prime Minister of Canada