The Inhumanity of MMP

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:22:55 -0400
| From: Marcus Brubaker <marcus.brubaker-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org>

| When this happens there is a by-election in that riding.  It isn't done often
| and is usually only done after a new leader is chosen between elections.  It
| is almost never done (that I know of) when the leader has lost their seat.  In
| fact, if an election goes so badly that a leader looses their seat, that
| person is not likely to remain the leader for long.
| 
| For instance, it was suggested that a member should step down allow Jack
| Layton to run for parliament when he was first selected to lead the federal
| NDP but the party decided against it.

Read the last two questions here:
  http://www2.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Compilations/ElectionsAndRidings/TriviaPrimeMinisters.aspx?Language=E#9
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