Category Archives: Dissolution

More on the Fixed-term Parliaments Act

Posted on 2017/04/18 by J.W.J. Bowden

Originally posted on The Norton View:
The Prime Minister has announced she will be asking the House of Commons tomorrow to vote for the motion ‘That there shall be an early parliamentary general election’.  She correctly stated the provisions of the…

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British Prime Minister Theresa May Calls *For* An Early Election Under the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Posted on 2017/04/18 by J.W.J. Bowden

British Prime Minister Theresa May made an announcement outside of 10 Downing Street and has just called for an early general election. But she has not “called” an early general election — because the British Prime Minister no longer possesses … Continue reading →

Posted in Crown (Powers and Office), Dissolution, Fixed-Date Elections | 1 Comment

What Is It About Dissolution That Everyone Finds So Confusing?

Posted on 2017/03/17 by J.W.J. Bowden

I’m posing this question seriously, because I genuinely don’t know the answer to it. It truly baffles me. But what I do know is that Canadian journalists and scholars don’t seem to understand the implications of our various federal and … Continue reading →

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Ontario’s Next General Election Has Only Just Been Scheduled for June 2018

Posted on 2016/12/22 by J.W.J. Bowden

On this subject, I raised the ire of various journalists who accused me of that cardinal sin of pedantry. If I’m pedantic, then they’re obtuse. To declare that a law has been amended even before the government has tabled the … Continue reading →

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How the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act Complicates Brexit and An Early General Election

Posted on 2016/06/27 by J.W.J. Bowden

Fixed-Term Parliaments Act Introduction Various British MPs like Jacob Rees-Mogg and journalists like Peter Hitchens have called for an early general election in the wake of Leave’s victory in the Brexit referendum and Prime Minister Cameron’s announcement that he will … Continue reading →

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