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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URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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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 I. Introductory

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CHAP. I] ORIGIN AND HISTORY 9 elected indirectly, and the members of the central body were all to be members of a provincial legislature. But this Act did Dot take full effect, and in 185214 proper measure of represen- tative government with a less complicated constitution, and one which abolished the connexion of the central and local legislatures, was introduced. Without legal change of the con- stitution responsible government was introduced in 1855-6. $2. Tur InsTaBLITY OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT In these cases it will be seen that, as a rule, the progress has been from 3 representative form of government to the full self-government. Tt is true that in the case of Queens- land there wag no period of representative government, but the people of Queensland, as part of New South Wales, had Passed through the experience both of Crown Colony adminis- tration and of representative government. In the case of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony the grant of responsible government followed immediately upon the Possession of a nominated legislature, but many of the Statesmen who formed part of the first administration had had experience of self-government either in the Cape or in the former Transvaal and Orange Free State Republics. In the cage of Manitoba the transition was from the curious 0d indefinite rule of the Hudson's Bay Company? to Ordinary responsible government, and in that case all those "ho formed the Government had had experience of respon- sible government in other parts of Canada. But it would be a mistake to assume that representative government normally results in an advance to responsible government. As a matter of fact, while the cases in which feSponsible government has been an advance from a Preliminary period of representative government are 80 ‘mportant as to cause the impression that representative Institutions are g stage towards responsible government, "point of fact the cases of retrogression are at least as Qumerous. For example, Jamaica, after two centuries of * 15 & 16 Vict. o, 72. * See Report of Select Committee of House of Commons, 31 July, 1857.

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