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minus-squareleftytighty@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoCorrect, but it’s not uncommon for party leaders to evict someone else from their party who did win in order to have a seat
minus-squarenesc@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoLol, so you can have a number of fake members who get elected so you always get people that you like in parliament?
minus-squareleftytighty@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoI think the actual mechanism is that a Conservative member in a safe riding (very unlikely to lose to another party) would step down, triggering a by-election, and the party leader would run as the new Conservative candidate. There’s a chance he would lose again
Correct, but it’s not uncommon for party leaders to evict someone else from their party who did win in order to have a seat
Lol, so you can have a number of fake members who get elected so you always get people that you like in parliament?
I think the actual mechanism is that a Conservative member in a safe riding (very unlikely to lose to another party) would step down, triggering a by-election, and the party leader would run as the new Conservative candidate.
There’s a chance he would lose again