The current edit is also incorrect It reads as follows This constitutional separation between the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch is quite different from the British Canadian or Australian parliamentary cabinet systems where the members of the Cabinet are required by long standing precedents to be sitting members of the legislature As stated above there is no requirement in the Westminster system for Cabinet members to be sitting members of the legislature It s only a conventionand not a constitutional one In Canada Michael M Fortier was sworn in as Minister of Public Works and Government Services on February 6 2006 without having been elected or appointed to Parliament