7th Government Forming (CMHoC)

After the 5th CMHoC election, no party was able to win a majority of the seats. The election saw the New Democratic Party remain as the largest party in parliament, however they failed to secure the 170 seats required to form a majority government, winning just 149 seats. The Conservative Party also had losses, yet remained the second largest party with 107 seats, due to strong wins in the Prairies and rural Ontario. In third was the Liberals, who jumped from no seats to 68, forming one of the strongest third party performances. Labour, who previously were the third party, dropped from 30 seats to 5 after a disappointing performance 8 seats went to other parties, with the Progressives winning 7, the Center Party winning a single seat, and one Independent from Manitoba, Brad Cochrane.

After the results came in, negotiations started up with the various parties to form a majority.

Conservative-Liberal Coaltion

Due to no party reaching a majority of the seats, a coalition government became necessary for a Prime Minister to gain the confidence of the house. Due to the high amount of seats for the Liberal Party, they were able to become the kingmakers of the parliament, as no possible coalition would be possible without them. Both the Conservatives and NDP stated their intentions to attempt to form a coalition with them and began negotiations almost immediately.

One day after the election, the Labour Party announced their intentions to merge with the NDP due to such a disappointing result, giving the NDP an extra 5 seats, however the merger is still subject to a vote from both parties. The Progressives made public statements stating their willingness to participate in a confidence and supply arrangement with the NDP. This would not have given the NDP a majority of seats, still falling 8 short of the required 170. They had also began negotiations with the Liberals, however those talks allegedly fell apart quickly.

On February 21 2020, The Conservative and Liberal parties announced their intentions to form a coalition government. The Prime Ministership would start off with the Conservatives for the first half, then to the Liberals. Both parties will hold an equal number of cabinet roles. Following the announcement both the Centre Party and the Progressives joined the coalition government, taking up a single cabinet post each and Nathan Cullen tabled his resignation as Prime Minister to the Govenor General.

Remy Lévesque was invited to form government on the 22nd of February, and presented a Throne Speech to parliament on the 26th of February. The vote on the throne speech was opened on February 29 2020 and immediatly talks of MP's breaking party ranks and voting against their whip started up right away.

Vote on M-1 (Throne Speech)
Ballot →		March 2 2020
	Yes	151 / 338 Conservative Party (92) Liberal Party (52) Progressive Party (7)
	No	170 / 338 New Democratic (154) Liberal (16)
	Abstentions	14 / 338 Conservative Party (14)
	No Vote	3 / 338 Conservative Party (1) Centre Party (1) Independent (1)
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During the vote 16 Liberal MP's and 14 Conservative MP's rebelled and voted nay or abstained from the vote. Despite the coalition holding a majority of seats, these descanting votes led to the Throne Speech failing. Upon the votes failure, Prime Minister Remy Lévesque resigned as Prime Minister, Party Leader and his seat in the House of Commons. The Conservative Party appointed Lydia Miliken as acting leader and thus acting Prime Minister, however she stated that she has no intention of forming government.