[Magdalen] New to Me.

[Marion Thompson]

Yes, a single vote for the local MP does it.  Trudeau would get to be 
Prime Minister by virtue of being the party leader of the party winning 
the most seats.  A clear majority would be straightforward, but a  
leaner outcome could be less clearcut and give a lot of clout to the 
other parties if their combined numbers are strong enough and they're 
prepared to cooperate.  The papers are full of various scenarios that 
could arise, and the Governor-General would be involved.  Hey ho.  One 
day at a time.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 10/17/2015 11:22 AM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> I meant to ask if Canadians on Monday will cast a single vote, for the
> MP to represent their respective ridings?
>
> I looked up a random address in Windsor, Ontario, and "my" riding
> would be Windsor-Tecumseh, where there are five candidates, from the
> three major parties plus Marxist-Leninist and Green parties.
>
> So I'd vote for Justin Trudeau for Prime Minister by voting for Frank
> Schiller (Liberal) for MP, right?
>
> Quite different from our "bedsheet ballots" in Chicago, where I could
> vote for a Democrat for President and a Tea Party Republican for U.S.
> Representative (if I wanted to, which I never will), in the general
> election, anyway. Plus literally four and a half million unknown
> judges for various courts.
>