Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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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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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

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Title:: Part IV. The federations and the union // Chapter I. The dominion of Canada

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CHAP, 1] THE DOMINION OF CANADA 647 In New Brunswick there was a general election in 1865, which resulted in a majority against federation, but the Government resigned on a quarrel with the Lieutenant-Governor, and in 1866 the new election returned a majority in favour of federa- tion. In Nova Scotia the people were never consulted at all : the Legislature, after long and anxious debate, decided in 1866 to adopt the measure in view of the pressure brought to bear by the Canadas and New Brunswick, and, through the Lieutenant-Governor, by the Imperial Government, despite Mr. Howe’s violent opposition. In December 1866 there was a conference at London when the terms were finally settled, some minor financial changes being made in favour of the Maritime Provinces, and the Act was introduced into the Imperial Parliament and passed without amendment, though Messrs. Howe, Annand, and Macdonald offered a vigorous protest against the passing of the Act without consulting the people of Nova Scotia. It was then provided by Order in Council that the Act should take effect from July 1, 1867, and the first Parliament assembled in November, the period allowed being six months after the commencement of the Act. The members of the first Senate were nominated by the Crown in large measure, as had been agreed upon in the preliminary discussions, from the existing Legislatures, and their names appeared in the Union proclamation! Lord Monk went out again as Governor-General, and at once chose Sir J. Macdonald as Prime Minister of the Dominion. Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland remained out of the federation, though the Governor of Newfoundland Was sanguine at first of including it, and the vast territories of the Hudson’s Bay Company remained still not subject to the power of the Dominion. Canada had negotiated for years for their surrender. and now. with Imperial aid. terms of * For the history of confederation, see Parl. Pap., February 7, 1865, February 8, 1867, June 10, 1868; Pope, Life of Sir John Macdonald, 1. 209 seq. ; and Confederation Documents ; Bourinot, Canada under British Rule, chap. viii; Confederation Debates (1865); Egerton and Grant, Canadian Constitutional H istory, pp. 352 seq. ; Hannay, New Brunswick, ii. 209-70 : Hansard, ser. 3. elxxxv. B57 seq.. 804 seq., 1011, 1164 seq., 1313 seq.

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