A minority government is best defined as having the greatest number of MPs in the House of Commons but not more than half of the total MPs (Booth, 2004, p.55). In the past, most minority governments did not last all that long (although this is not always the case); the average being 1 year, 5 months and 27 days. This was usually due to a non-confidence vote cast against them. (http://www.mapleleafweb.com, A). There have been three …showed first 75 words of 912 total…

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