James Callaghan
After serving as Prime Minister of Australia since 1996, John Howard lost his seat of Bennelong at the 2007 election.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau was the Prime Minister of Canada in 1978.Trudeau was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 April 20 to 1979 June 4 and again from 1980 March 3 to 1984 June 30.
A confidence motion in Canada is one where members of the House of Commons are asked to vote on the Speech from the Throne, a tax bill, or spending bill. The government can also declare that a specific bill is a confidence motion. Failure of the majority of Members of Parliament to support the bill would result in the collapse of parliament and thus trigger an election. The opposition can also put forward a motion during opposition days to ask for a vote on the condidence of Government.In Canada a vote of non-confidence is voteing to decide if the majority of members in the House of Commons still have confidence in the Canadian government's ability to lead the country.
The Opposition doesn't have a Prime Minister. Winston Churchill became Leader of the Opposition when he lost the election in July 1945.
The first time Winston ceased being Prime Minister was in 1945 when his Conservative party lost the general election to Clement Attlee's Labour party. Winston became Prime Minister again in 1951 but retired in favour of Anthony Eden in 1955.
No. Until he lost a general election on 1 May 1997 the Prime Minister was John Major. On 2 May Tony Blair became Prime Minister, with Gordon Brown as Chancellor of the Exchequer (equivalent to other countries' Finance Minister). Gordon Brown took over as Prime Minister on 2 June 2007.
Because his party lost the last election.
The current Prime Minister is John Key, whose National Party formed a government following the 2008 general election. The previous Prime Minister was Helen Clark, whose Labour Party lost the 2008 election and was first elected in 1999.
Fo' Sho. Yes, he was the British Prime Minister which lost the US Colonies....
Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. She was a Conservative MP whom became the only woman PM in British history and still currently this record is left unbroken, she has the longest continuous period in office since the 18th century, with 11 years in office. She was forced to resign in 1990, succeded by Sir John Major; her natural successor to whom she backed also, her cabinet and the Conservative MPs lost confidence in her which led to her downfall from the Great Office of Prime Minister. She currently is aged 82.
48-64 years old. Pierre Trudeau first became the Prime Minister of Canada when he was 48. He briefly lost power to Joe Clark when he was 59, but regained power next year when he turned 60. He retired as Prime Minister when he was 64.
The Prime Minister of Canada is appointed by the Governor General, who usually chooses the leader of whichever political party has the most seats in Parliament. The Parliamentary system is not quite the same as what you may be used to in the US.