>Here we can only vote for a party in a general election. The leader of that party is automatically named the Prime Minister.
No, in a federal election you may only vote for a candidate in your riding. That candidate may or may not belong to a federal party. For example, Quebec's own Andre Arthur is an Independent. Another recent one was the late Chuck Cadman, who arguably changed the course of Canadian federal politics.
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