Has a political party ever gained power (in a parliamentary country) while its leader simultaneously lost his/her seat?
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Asking b/c new poll has Liberal leader Justin Trudeau losing http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/election/trudeau-in-trouble-in-papineau-riding-poll-1.2568576 … even though Libs competitivehttps://twitter.com/DKElections/statuses/644568688851558400 …
@DKElections fwiw foreign-born Canadians make up a huge chunk of the Liberal vote in that riding; difficult to poll population