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What is a minority government, and why do they tend to lead to more elections?

April 26, 2017elections government lead minority

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What is a minority government, and why do they tend to lead to more elections?

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A minority government is formed when no one party has more than 50 per cent of the seats in the House of Commons. With 308 ridings currently electing MPs, a party needs 155 to form what’s called a majority government. If no party wins 155 seats, the leader of the ruling party (the Conservatives in this case) gets first crack at convincing the Governor General that he or she can form a government, even if another party has won more ridings.