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Originally Posted by Wormius
How is this remotely democratic? She gets elected as leader by a small portion of the population, and then she can get elected Premier of the province if she wins some cherry picked rural riding.
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Nope,
She will be sworn in as premier prior to winning a bielection. The oath of office from the Governor General gives the premier authority and tradition does not require her to have a seat to take the oath of office.
I don’t think requiring a general election should be required for a leadership change. However if you want to drastically change the direction of the province with policy then asking for a mandate should be part of that process.
No one was particularly upset that Prentice replaced Redford in this scenario having being sworn in in setber, a bielection in October and a general in May.