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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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part I. Introductory

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CHAP. 11] LEGAL BASIS : 65 applies, but the dismissal would be by the Crown. An instance where illegal appropriations took place without the Governor being dismissed, is a good illustration of the exception which proves the rule. It was in the case of the Cape, where during the Boer War it became out of the question to summon the Parliament within the usual time of meeting, and the Government had to be carried on without legal sanction for the expenditure. The Governor's action was not merely approved by a Ministry who possessed the confidence of the portion of the population which was loyal to the Crown, but it was rendered possible and effective by the presence and protection of the Imperial forces in South Africa! Of course, even in a province, as Mr. McInnes’s case will show, it is possible for a Lieutenant-Governor to govern with the aid of ministers who have no parliamentary support, but that can never be for long, and in a sense it is a position which, by parliamentary practice, occurs in this country as well as in the Colonies, in every case where a beaten Government asks for and obtains a dissolution of Parliament, until the elections are complete. § 2. NEWFOUNDLAND In the case of Newfoundland the conditions laid down by the dispatch from the Duke of Newcastle of February 21, 18542 for the grant of responsible government were, as Subsequently modified, two only—the provision of adequate Pensions for officers who would be displaced on political grounds, and the passing of a measure to increase the size of the House of Assembly to thirty, and to provide for redis- tribution of seats so as to afford fair representation of the Protestant majority in the Colony. These measures were duly passed by the Legislature as 18 Vict. ¢. 2 and ec. 3 respectively, and thereupon the Imperial Government took Steps to issue a new commission, appointing Mr. (afterwards Sir Charles) Darling to be Governor, in which provision was made for the appointment of a separate Executive Council for the island in place of the combined Executive and Parl, Pap., Cd. 1162. * Parl. Pap., H. C. 273, 1855. 1279

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