The Queen IS above the the people's elected representative.
I agree with the "by tradition" argument, and it is just a guess but I think that is why the decision was made.
But the party with the most seats has NOT always formed the government. The GG does NOT always accept the Prime Minister's requests, as the whole Byng-King affair showed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King-Byng_Affair
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c...=A1ARTA0004313
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cd.../scandals.html
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