Canadian election results, part 1.

In the 2015 Canadian federal election, the number of seats was divided among the parties as shown in the table in the next column. The Liberals won the election, forming a majority government, i.e., even if all the other parties voted against them, they could not be defeated.

a) Draw a graph of this data that shows clearly that the Liberal government was a majority one.

b) Give the reasons for your choice of graph. (Source: Based on Electoral Results by Party.)

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Party Number of Seats Liberal 184 Conservative 99 New Democratic 44 Bloc Qubcois 10 Green 1