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Originally Posted by Parallex
The days you're missing are fictional (or rather only exist in your imagination).
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No, the "average guy" party leader is a very recent phenomenon. Right now we have an insurance salesman as the leader of the opposition and the PM is a grad school dropout who's accomplishments amount to a fleeting career as a teacher.
Previously, academic or professional achievement was a key requirement for anyone seeking party leadership. In fact, Trudeau is the first Prime Minister since Sir Mackenzie Bowell (1894-1896) to lack a postgraduate or legal qualification.
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Originally Posted by Parallex
Prime Ministers "earn their position" on the basis of their skill and ability to gain the leadership of whatever political party they lead and that political party's ability to elect enough MP's to command the confidence of the House of Commons... thus "merit" is only (and has always only been) the ability to do precisely that.
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Or, in Trudeau's case, the skill and ability of Gerry Butts to maneuver Justin through the inner workings of the Liberal Party.