Can a political party prevent their members for running for office. For example, if a political party does not want to contest a seat for a some reason, can they forbid their members from running?
I assume the option for the party is just to expel the member of the party so they would be running as an independent if they ran against the party wishes. Are things set up so that the party can expel such members and always prevent their party name from appearing on the ballot if they so wish?