07-31-2004, 07:47 AM
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<----Snappin' Pussy
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 106,936
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I understand you needing to respond...just still dont get the response ya gave *L*
The Queen (as far as i know) rarely has a say here.....and yes we have her representative...the Governor General (which i might add the PM picks really..as he indicates to the Queen who would be suitable for the position) on our soil
But as far as i know (and i will admit to not being all into politics so i could be wrong)....We the public choose a party in the Federal elections...the party has a top dog so to speak....which ever party wins the percentage majority...their top dog gets the PM job
*"A member of parliament may cease to be Prime Minister in the following ways.
Dies in office. (Joseph Lyons died in 1939, John Curtin in 1945, and Harold Holt in 1967.)
Loses their seat in an election. (Stanley Bruce in 1929)
The government loses an election. (Paul Keating in 1996) The Prime Minister reverts to being a Member of Parliament sitting in the opposition.
The party votes to replace the PM with another member of Parliament. (William MacMahon replaced John Gorton in 1971)
The House of Representatives votes that the government no longer has enough Members to win a vote, so another government is formed at the request of the Governor-General. This rarely happens however."
*taken from here
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