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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Octothorpe: If no party is able to form government, there is time given for the other parties to present to the governor-general their their ability to form a government via a coalition. The leader of the party with the most seats in the coalition is named prime minister.
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Right, but only once Harper resigns. And he has no obligation to resign if his party gets the most votes, even if the other parties say they are forming a coalition. Harper can go to the governor general, say that he intends to form a government, and then rule until this new government is defeated on a confidence vote, at which time he'd ask the governor general to resolve parliament and call a new election. At this point, the governor general could refuse to resolve parliament and ask the coalition to form the government, as Byng did with Meehan, but it's really questionable whether that's the correct thing for a governor general to do.