Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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222 THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT [PART II § 4. INSTABILITY OF DOMINION MINISTRIES For the greater part Colonial Ministries are not of pro- longed duration, and indeed in some cases the instability has been almost ludicrous; Ministry after Ministry comes into office and disappears in the course of a few weeks or months. In Canada things have been very different in this regard from the state of affairs in the Commonwealth of Australia. In the Dominion, the Ministry formed by Sir John Macdonald ! in 1867 lasted until 1873, when the scandal in connexion with the Pacific Railway alienated the country and brought Mr. Mackenzie’s Ministry into office.. That Ministry again lost the support of the country in 1878 on the - question of tariff policy, and from 1878 to 1896 Con- servative Governments remained in office, first under the leadership of Sir John Macdonald, then on his death in 1891 under that of Mr. (later Sir J.) Abbott, then under Sir John Thompson; and on his death in 1894 under Sir Mackenzie Bowell, and finally, for a very brief period at the end, after the unceremonious ousting of Sir M. Bowell, under Sir Charles Tupper. In 1896 the differences between the Federal Government and Manitoba added to a change in the views of Quebec? secured the return of the Liberals, who have since held office, and even in 1908 their strength was not much weakened despite the difficulties in British Columbia on account of Asiatic exclusion, and the scandals raised by discoveries which showed that the standard of public morality in regard to contracts and patronage in Canada was not as high as it should have been.? ' It was a continuation of an administration formed in 1858 in the United Provinces which lasted, with a break in 1862-4, until federation. See Pope, Sir John Macdonald, and Willison, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, for the political history of Canadian parties down to 1902. * The views of Quebec since seem again to have changed slightly in view of the naval policy of the Government, which is unpopular, as shown by the defeat of the Government candidate in the Drummond and Arthabaska division election in 1910. Cf. Parl. Lap, Cd. 5582, p. 38. * Cf. Canadian Annual Review, 1908, pp. 396 seq. ; Macphail, Essays in Politics, pp. 164d seq. An election is now to be held on the reciprocity issue.

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