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Introduction
Alone at the Top
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Banner: First Among Equals: The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics
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Retirement


A prime minister usually leaves his or her position in one of two ways: voluntarily, by retiring as leader of the party in power; or when the governing party is voted out of office in an election. In the latter event, most serve, at least for a time, as leader of the opposition.

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