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Originally Posted by rubecube
Again, you're focusing on the part of the affair that is completely irrelevant to the principle of the constitutional convention. King went to the GG because he believed he could form a government. Meighen won both the popular vote and the seat count. Didn't matter.
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King, as outgoing PM, believed he could hold the confidence of the house of commons, even though he had not won the election.
So, if Harper lost the election to Trudeau and attempted to remain PM, we would be in a similar situation.
Trudeau losing the election, and forming a coalition in an attempt take away power from the governing party, who won the election, is not the same situation.