During the 2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute, two of Canada's opposition parties signed an agreement to form what would become the country's second coalition government since Confederation if the minority Conservative government was defeated on a vote of non-confidence ; unseating Stephen Harper as Prime Minister.

Helen Clark said that the Fijian constitution only allowed the President to request the dissolving of Parliament if the Prime Minister no longer had the confidence of the Parliament and that this was clearly not the case.

However, a planned referendum on a roadmap towards independence in 2001 was called off following Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen saying that Danish money grants would be phased out within four years if there was a ' yes ' vote.

The Japanese arrange a meeting with the Russian and American ambassadors and, after some debate over the issue, Prime Minister Mitamura decides nuclear weapons will not be used on Godzilla even if he were to attack the Japanese mainland, an announcement that the Russians can't come to terms with.

* if an election results in a Parliament in which no party has a majority, the Governor-General may select the Prime Minister

* if a Prime Minister loses the support of the House of Representatives, the Governor-General may appoint a new Prime Minister

* if a Prime Minister advises a dissolution of the House of Representatives, the Governor-General may refuse that request, or request further reasons why it should be granted.

* if a Prime Minister advises a dissolution of Parliament on the occasion of a deadlock between the Houses, the Governor-General may refuse that request

* if a Prime Minister is unable to obtain Supply and refuses to resign or advise a dissolution, the Governor-General may dismiss him or her and appoint a new Prime Minister.

In France, while the President cannot force the Prime Minister to tender the resignation of his government, he can, in practice, request it if the Prime Minister is from his own majority.

In Fantastic Four # 536 in 2006, he killed his own Prime Minister for claiming control of Latveria in his absence, and threatened to kill two other ministers if they failed to find the landing spot of Thor's hammer.

The standoff was settled only when Australian Prime Minister Joseph Lyons met with members of the Australian Board and outlined to them the severe economic hardships that could be caused in Australia if the British public boycotted Australian trade.

Following the coup, the courtiers offered Radama's queen Rasoherina ( 1863 – 68 ) the opportunity to rule, if she would accept a power sharing arrangement with the Prime Minister — a new social contract that would be sealed by a political marriage between them.

From this time, there was a growing acceptance of the position of Prime Minister and the title was more commonly used, if only unofficially.

Seated in the front, directly across from the ministers on the Treasury Bench, the leaders of the opposition form a " Shadow Government ", complete with a salaried " Shadow Prime Minister ", the Leader of the Opposition, ready to assume office if the government falls or loses the next election.

Seated in the front, the leaders of the opposition form a " Shadow Government ", complete with a salaried " Shadow Prime Minister " ready to assume office if the government falls or loses the next election.

While generally the work of the Government is divided into various Ministries, the Prime Minister may retain certain portfolios if they are not allocated to any member of the cabinet.

A person shall not be eligible for election as Prime Minister if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State or under any local or other authority subject to the control of any of the said Governments.

The Prime Minister must resign if the House of Representatives adopts a motion of no confidence or defeats a vote of confidence, unless the House of Representatives is dissolved within ten days.

Until the mid-1930s, the Prime Minister of Japan was normally granted a title in the peerage ( kazoku ) usually just prior to entering office if he had not already been ennobled.

However, if there are several possibilities of the reincarnation, in the past regents and eminent officials and monks at the Jokhang in Lhasa, and the Minister to Tibet would decide on the individual by putting the boys ' names inside an urn and drawing one lot in public if it was too difficult to judge the reincarnation initially.

The Minister of Industry indicated that if due diligence were performed by the investors and the banks, the current laws governing business contracts in the UK offered sufficient protection for the public and the banks.

When the former Australian Federal Education Minister, Brendan Nelson, raised the notion of intelligent design being taught in science classes, the public outcry caused the minister to quickly concede that the correct forum for intelligent design, if it were to be taught, is in religious or philosophy classes.

On 28 September 1878 the Finance Minister, Koloman von Zell, threatened to resign if the army, behind which stood the Archduke Albert, were allowed to advance to Salonika.

On 20 March 1939, Ribbentrop summoned the Lithuanian Foreign Minister Juozas Urbšys to Berlin and informed him that if a Lithuanian plenipotentiary did not arrive at once to negotiate turning over the Memelland to Germany the Luftwaffe would raze Kaunas to the ground.

Konoe was unable to wear him down, and was afraid of the Army's reaction if he overrode the Foreign Minister.

Changes in the council occur typically only if one of the members resigns ( merely four incumbent members were voted out of the office in over 150 years ); this member is almost always replaced by someone from the same party ( and often also from the same linguistic group ).

The Prime Minister holds office until he resigns is effectively subject to a winning vote of no confidence or is removed by the Governor-General ; therefore, the party that was in government before the election may attempt to continue to govern if they so desire, even if they hold fewer seats than another party.

It supersedes the ambiguous wording of Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution, which does not expressly state whether the Vice President becomes the President, as opposed to an Acting President, if the President dies, resigns, is removed from office or is otherwise unable to discharge the powers of the presidency.

The Regional Council of is composed of 40 members and it's elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt vel simul cadent prevision ( introduced in 1999 ), also the Council will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.

It may also be exercised if a Prime Minister loses the confidence of Parliament and resigns instead of advising a dissolution of Parliament ; the last such occasion was in 1912.

Finally, it may happen if a Prime Minister is manoeuvred out of his position by his own party, resigns for unrelated reasons, or dies in office.

The governor's term can be shorter if he resigns, dies, becomes incapacitated or impeached.

Despite widespread perceptions, the deputy prime minister does not automatically assume the office of prime minister if the incumbent of the latter office dies or resigns.

Nevertheless, usually an incumbent government that loses its plurality in the House simply resigns, especially if the main opposition party is only a few seats short of having a majority or if it feels it has no chance of winning the support of enough members of smaller parties to win an initial confidence vote.

Judging others by themselves, the English, who are blinded by their loyalty, have always thought that the Germans did not abide by their pledges inscribed in the Versailles Treaty because they had not frankly agreed to them ... We, on the contrary, believe that if Germany, far from making the slightest effort to carry out the treaty of peace, has always tried to escape her obligations, it is because until now she has not been convinced of her defeat ... We are also certain that Germany, as a nation, resigns herself to keep her pledged word only under the impact of necessity.

In some countries such as the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, this has developed into a convention of scrupulous political neutrality and the speaker resigns from his party, votes only by convention to ensure the government does not fall, and is either not challenged ( in the UK ) or automatically deemed elected if re-election is sought ( in Ireland ).

For instance, if a prime minister or a provincial premier dies in office or resigns suddenly, the interim leader chosen to succeed them also becomes interim prime minister or premier.

The game is over, if one team lost all its technology bases, one team resigns or both teams draw the game.

That provision stipulated that a member of the Kelantan legislative assembly who is a member of any political party shall cease to be a member of the legislative assembly if he or she resigns or is expelled from such political party.

The Prime Minister becomes acting president if the president dies, resigns or is impeached.

The elections are held after the four-year term of the previous assembly has expired, but can also be held before that if the Assembly dismisses the Government or the Government resigns and no majority can be reached to elect new Government.

After a general election, or if a cabinet resigns during a parliamentary term, the process of cabinet formation starts.

The lieutenant governor becomes governor if the governor resigns, dies in office or is removed by impeachment.

The other way that a team can be spared relegation is if some other team either resigns or is expelled from the Football League.

The Speaker of the Parliament ( President of the National Assembly ) serves as interim president if the elected president resigns from office, or if his / her term expires and a new president is not elected.

The seat had fallen vacant in a Parliamentary recess, and the law does not permit a byelection to be called during a recess if the sitting member resigns by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.