Monthly Archives: October 2024

Ousting Party Leaders: From the King Doctrine to the Unenforceable Reform Act

Posted on 2024/10/25 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction Justin Trudeau stood defiant on 24 October 2024 and declared four days before the deadline that he would stay on as leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister in defiance of about one-fifth of Liberal MPs: “We’re going … Continue reading →

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Dissenting Liberal MPs Fail to Thatcher Trudeau

Posted on 2024/10/24 by J.W.J. Bowden

Even after suffering the worst defeat in electoral history in 2011, the Liberals had managed to cling onto their redoubt of Toronto—St. Paul’s and their core support of urban Torontonians who would surely never abandon them. A Conservative had not … Continue reading →

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