Carney wins Canadian election, while Conservative leader loses his seat in Parliament
apnews.com
The Liberals are projected to win more of Parliament’s 343 seats than the Conservatives, though it wasn’t clear yet if they would win an outright majority, which would allow them to pass legislation without needing help.
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    7 days ago

    Prime Minister is similar to Speaker of the House- everyone gets elected in their district and then the majority party (or in the case of a functional democracy multi-party system, a coalition of parties that add up to 51% of the elected officials) picks their own Speaker/Prime Minister without further input from the public. In practice, if you’re already the party leader then you’re sure (95%~) to be the prime minister after your party wins/gets the biggest share in the election