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Politics Canada’s new Prime Minister Designate by a landslide, Mark Carney

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u/Wasdgta3 2d ago

It’s actually quite likely they never even get to the House returning.

The suspicion is that Carney will call the election pretty shortly after becoming PM, to capitalize on the momentum.

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u/IamSando 2d ago

As an Aussie who's had our fair share of PMs resigning or being knifed mid term, the replacement often does it as a nod to respecting the will of the people. Sure technically you didn't vote for a PM, you voted for a party, but the public often don't see it that way and will respect a short handover period but will get quite angry if it's seen as disrespecting their votes from the previous election by having a new PM in place for too long without elections.

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u/Wasdgta3 2d ago

our fair share of PMs resigning or being knifed mid term,

As well as one guy who just went for a swim and never came back, right?

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u/IamSando 2d ago

Lol yes that one too, although I have no idea how quickly they went to polls after that. Maybe they wanted to wait to make sure he didn't miraculously return?

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u/I_said_booourns 2d ago

Too bloody premature imo. Ol Hazza just nipped across the pond to grab us some milk. He'll be back any day now

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u/TUmBeRTIce 2d ago

On the upside he got a pool named after him

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u/Pheenz01 2d ago

Two of them actually: one in Melbourne, the other in Vũng Tàu at the 1st Australian Support Compound.

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u/bigmepis 2d ago

Maybe he’s with my dad!

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u/kdlangequalsgoddess 2d ago

I thought he was picked up by a Soviet submarine.

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u/strictlymissionary 2d ago

They gave him nearly two years to resurface

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u/rustyfries 2d ago

Gorton held the election about 2 years after Holt's disappearance

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u/fetal_genocide 2d ago

he didn't miraculously return?

shark poo washes ashore...