The LG really can't prevent an election. If Prentice went and said he feels his party can no longer govern without a fresh mandate, the LG's only real options are to dissolve the legislature or to offer the opposition a chance to govern. Putting aside the fact that the opposition couldn't even fill every ministry without making each MLA wear four or five hats each, it would be defeated on the very first confidence motion and trigger an election anyway. Which is why the LG would never do it - Ethell would only come out of a decision like that looking like a fool.
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