However, he said this would not exclude Carney from "stepping foot" in Parliament if he were to become prime minister without a seat. "Carney wouldn't be barred from the House; he could sit in the ...

A member cannot legally assume his or her seat in parliament until they have taken the oath under the Canadian constitution, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reports. Monarchist MPs ...

Canadian politics could be heading for an ... with historians indicate that having a prime minister without a seat in Parliament has been an exceedingly rare occurrence since 1931, when a legal ...