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   MP>But didn't Trudeau actually "lose" the last election but then manage to put   
     >together a coalition government that kept him in power?   
      
   He won the election but didn't get a majority which, as I mentioned   
   elsewhere, stops him from being able to do much of anything without   
   another party backing him up to get a majority VOTE for things to   
   go through. Generally the only way to get another party to back you   
   up is to agree to do something for the people that THEY wanted to do   
   if elected.   
      
   He ended up with a semi permanent deal with the National Democratic   
   Party who had 25 seats, more than enough to get things through, but   
   they insisted on a few things like free dental care for seniors and   
   kids under 12 I think it was, with plans to eventually phase that in   
   for everyone below a certain income level eventually.   
      
   He needed 170 seats out of 338 for a majority and he only got 160,   
   but that meant that 3 other parties had enough seats to make deals   
   backing him up. The biggest competition, the Progressive Conservative   
   party, came in second with 119 seats in that election so you can see   
   that the vast majority vote for those 2 main parties.   
      
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