Who chooses the prime minister Canada?

Answer 1

No. We vote for a member of parliament for a seat in the cabinet. The Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth the II, Canadian head of state then choses the Prime-Minister based on who she thinks will keep confidence. The Confidence Vote, is a vote members in parliament make to show their confidence in our Prime-Minister. He needs the majority of the parliament to vote yes to their confidence which is 155 seats. This is usually why the Queen choses the Prime-Minister that leads a party that has won the most seats. They are most likely to keep the vote of confidence. We are using our democratic right by voting for a member of cabinet to put in a vote of confidence or motion of non-confidence for us. But we do not vote for our Prime-Minister. For more information please consult the British North American Act of 1867.

Answer 2

Directly, the Governor General of Canada appoints the Prime Minister of Canada.

Indirectly, voters choose the Prime Minister of Canada, by electing members of political parties to Parliament. Polls in Canada have generally indicated that about 18% of people vote based on the leader of a party, though this number differs from year to year.

Answer 3

Appointment of the prime minister by the Governor General

Upon the death, resignation or dismissal (as after an election) of a previous prime minister, the Governor General appoints the person best able to command the support of a majority (more than half) of members of the House of Commons as prime minister.

Where more than half of elected Members of Parliament are members of the same party the choice of Prime Minister is straightforward: the leader of that party is typically the one appointed.

However, when there is no party whose members compose more than half of Members of Parliament, the Governor General must use his or her discretion in determining which individual is most likely to receive support from a majority of MPs.

Answer 4

Nobody elected the present Prime Minister of Canada, or any previous Prime Minister of Canada, to serve as such. This is because the Prime Minister of Canada is not elected, but rather appointed by the Governor General of Canada.

Those elected in Canada's most recent federal election were individual Canadian Members of Parliament. There is an unwritten constitutional rule that the Governor General must appoint a person with the support, or "confidence" from more than half of Members of Parliament.

In cases where more than half of Members of Parliament belong to the same political party, the Governor General will typically appoint the leader of that party as Prime Minister. Otherwise, however, it is simply a question of which Member of Parliament (or Senator) can convince a majority of elected Parliamentarians to support her.

Sometimes, a Prime Minister who originally had the confidence of a majority of elected Members of Parliament subsequently loses that confidence. In such cases, the Prime Minister is to resign. If, at that time, the Governor General notices that there is someone else who is supported by a majority of MPs, then she may appoint that person as Prime Minister. Otherwise, she may dissolve the House of Commons, and hold a fresh election.

Answer 5

Each political party that stands for election chooses a leader. Each leader will usually stand for election in a riding where she or he is very likely to be elected (a so-called 'safe seat'). The leader of the party that wins the largest number of seats in parliament will be invited by the Governor General (the Queen's representative in Canada) to form a government, thereby becoming Prime Minister.

Answer 6

The Prime Minister is not elected directly, but is by constitutional convention the leader of the Political Party that holds the largest number of seats in the House of Commons.