vote of no confidence
noun phrase
: a formal vote by which the members of a legislature or similar deliberative body indicate that they no longer support a leader, government, etc.
The chairman was forced to resign after a vote of no confidence by the board of trustees.
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Fico, meanwhile, narrowly avoided a vote of no confidence motion in January after his political opponents abandoned the move.
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Spending fights ahead The Canadian government is expected to propose its new budget by April, a process that would allow opposition parties to trigger a vote of no confidence, collapse the government and head to elections.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
Chancellor Olaf Scholz just lost a historic vote of no confidence following the collapse of his governing coalition in November, which triggered rare early elections.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Having lost key allies in the Liberal Party and facing a likely vote of no confidence by the opposition Conservatives and New Democratic Party, Trudeau called for the Canadian Parliament to be put into prorogue until March 24.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Spending fights ahead The Canadian government is expected to propose its new budget by April, a process that would allow opposition parties to trigger a vote of no confidence, collapse the government and head to elections.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
Chancellor Olaf Scholz just lost a historic vote of no confidence following the collapse of his governing coalition in November, which triggered rare early elections.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Having lost key allies in the Liberal Party and facing a likely vote of no confidence by the opposition Conservatives and New Democratic Party, Trudeau called for the Canadian Parliament to be put into prorogue until March 24.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Vote of no confidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vote%20of%20no%20confidence. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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