Posts Tagged ‘ Minority government in Canada and Australia ’

Greg Barns on final Australian election result .. Julia Gillard has tougher job than Stephen Harper

Sep 7th, 2010 | By | Category: In Brief

Unlike their Canadian counterparts, Australian voters are not enamoured of minority governments at the federal level.  Until 17 days ago that is.  That’s when the Labor Party Prime Minister and the Liberal Party Opposition Leader both claimed they should form the next government because both ended up with 73 seats in the 150-seat national parliament.  […]