What happens if premier loses riding

So, if the Prime Minister or a minister lost their seat in an election they would no longer be a member of parliament. The Prime Minister is the leader of the government and is chosen by a vote of the members of the government. The Prime Minister keeps their job as long as they are a member of parliament and retains the support of the government. It even happened twice to William Lyon Mackenzie King when he was prime minister.

A look at past cases in political history shows that usually a backbencher in a safe seat will resign so the leader can run in a by-election. Since the leader has just earned an electoral mandate from the population, oppositions also don't field candidates in that by-election. In April , Clyde Wells brought the Liberals back to power for the first time in 17 years in Newfoundland.

However, he lost in the riding of Humber East against Lynn Verge, who was justice minister and deputy premier in the outgoing Conservative government. Wells previously held the central Newfoundland seat of Windsor-Buchans, which he won in a by-election. Verge was a popular member and would be no pushover," Mr. Wells said on election night. Liberal Eddie Joyce, who held the neighbouring Bay of Islands seat, stepped aside and a month later Mr.

Wells won by acclamation because the Progressive Conservatives and the New Democrats decided not to field a candidate. Joyce became an aide in Mr. Wells' executive office and in was re-elected in the same riding. Alberta's Progressive Conservatives have held power since but one of their less stellar moment came when premier Don Getty sought to get re-elected in March Even though the party won its sixth consecutive election, Mr. Getty first hired a Detroit research firm to poll Albertans.

He had to face Liberal and New Democrat candidates but won easily, even though the episode was one of many setbacks in his career, paving the way to his successor, Ralph Klein. In the Yukon, if they lose the riding they are not entitled to sit on the floor of the legislature like elected MLAs. In the case of an upset, Yukon statute does allow for an unelected party leader to become premier. Then he or she could run in a by-election, presumably in that riding. In the Yukon Party, with a majority in the Legislative Assembly, elected leader Darrell Pasloski as party leader — and as follows, as premier.

He did not sit in the assembly until the election, when we won the district of Mountainview.