You need the math lesson. The vote for a speaker takes place without a speaker. Usually the meeting is chaired by the member with the longest unbroken service to the House who isn't a cabinet minister. That would be Linda Reid. And there you go. She'd be reelected. And we could go on.

I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. The NDP-Green coalition isn't likely to last more than a year before death, resignation or a falling out brings down the government. Clark is only making herself look like a grasping power-hungry pol by not resigning. That won't play well in a reset election.