Joyce: Seat House and Single-Seat Majority

joyce: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's conservative coalition has a single-seat majority in the 150-seat House of Representatives where parties form governments, according to CTV. Joyce will be able to stand for re-election, having renounced the New Zealand citizenship he unknowingly inherited from his father. The decision to disqualify Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce over a 116-year-old constitutional ban on dual citizens sitting in Parliament means a byelection will be held for his rural electoral district in December. With the government trailing the opposition Labor Party in opinion polls, voters could use the byelection to toss both Joyce and his government out of office. I was always apprehensive, some people say I'm a natural pessimist, I'm naturally cautious and I was always prepared for this outcome, Joyce told reporters. Joyce later apologized to his electoral division for the inconvenience of a byelection that will be held at the earliest possible date, Dec. 2. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.