james_angove ([info]james_angove) wrote,
@ 2006-08-29 20:35:00
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Question about Canada (and/or the UK).
How are the candidates for parliamentary elections chosen? Are they selected by some form of primary, or does the party just pick someone?

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[info]maruad
2007-11-15 09:20 pm UTC (link)
In Canada each riding chooses it's individual candidate. The candidate is elected by the party members in the riding. I believe all candidates are screened by the provincial or federal party association after their election for suitability, or in some more notorious cases before.

The party leaders are chosen at leadership conventions, chosen by the representatives sent by their respective riding associations. I have been a representative a few times in my distant past (though I almost always backed the losing candidate). I have not been involved in politics (outside of coffee break discussions and voting) since the late 70's/early 80's. I would have to do more research than I care about to figure out exactly when I quit.

When the political party wins an election, that parties leader becomes the premier/prime minister (depending on which election).

The Canadian system was based on the british parlimentary system so there should not be too great a difference.

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