The Lascelles Principles - when a Premier or PM can't demand an election, an annulment for impotence and a false claim to inherit a house

The premier of a province doesn’t actually have the authority to call an election. Authority to dissolve the legislature and call an election resides with the Lieutenant Governor. Ordinarily, the Lieutenant Governor would call an election at the request of the premier. In unusual circumstances, such as those that currently exist in British Columbia, she will have a choice to make. The circumstances where a request for an election could be refused by the Lieutenant Governor were described by S...