2019 Federal Election

[ijmorlan]

Thanks for that link.

I just had an odd idea occur to me: what if the governor-general would only appoint a proposed prime minister who led a coalition of parties who attracted at least 50% of the vote? Food for thought. Although in the typical situation that currently leads to a majority government this would mean that they would have to appoint a minority coalition, which would be quite strange for reasons already discussed.

Operationalizing that seems kind of tricky. So you have to gain confidence of not a majority of the House but of the vote? What does that mean?

Indeed, it’s not an idea that works well with our existing system at all, at least not in an obvious way. It was just an odd thought that occurred to me because it sounded like some people were saying that a majority of MPs, coming from parties voted for by a majority of voters, shouldn’t form the government under certain circumstances (specifically, where the remaining MPs are from the party with the most seats). And I think that idea is just as strange as mine, and actually as impractical as well given the need for a majority of MPs in order to pass legislation.

Maybe I misunderstand what others are really saying should happen.

I guess we’ll know where we are on Tuesday (or even late Monday).