Here in [Commonwealth nation] we once had a governor general that refused a request by the Prime Minister to dissolve parliament and instead appointed someone ales as PM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King–Byng_affair
Maybe some Commonwealth countries have made constitutional changes to avoid this from happening, but it’s most certainly not universal thing that the GG has to accept the wishes of a coalition. In fact what is the mechanism for when there is not a coalition, which is common when there’s a minority government in Canada? We kinda don’t really do the coalition thing, we tend towards minority governments that take a “go ahead and vote no confidence, I dare you!” kinda thing.
Here in [Commonwealth nation] we once had a governor general that refused a request by the Prime Minister to dissolve parliament and instead appointed someone ales as PM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King–Byng_affair
Maybe some Commonwealth countries have made constitutional changes to avoid this from happening, but it’s most certainly not universal thing that the GG has to accept the wishes of a coalition. In fact what is the mechanism for when there is not a coalition, which is common when there’s a minority government in Canada? We kinda don’t really do the coalition thing, we tend towards minority governments that take a “go ahead and vote no confidence, I dare you!” kinda thing.
Fascinating. TY for a fascinating slice of history.