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

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Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

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Title:: Part I. Introductory

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30 RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT [PART I has been developed in Canada perhaps more perfectly than elsewhere, is carried on, as Bourinot! points out, under the constitutional usage, not under the régime of formal law, just as much in the Dominion as in the Provinces. In the case of the Commonwealth, s. 61 of the Constitution vests in the Queen the executive power of the Commonwealth and renders it exercisable by the Governor-General as the Queen’s representative. 8. 62 provides :— There shall be a Federal Executive Council to advise the (Governor-General in the government of the Commonwealth, and the members of the Council shall be chosen and sum- moned by the Governor-General and sworn as Executive Councillors, and shall hold office during his pleasure, S. 64 permits the Governor-General to appoint officers to administer such departments of the Government as the Governor-General in Council may establish. Such officers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor-General. They shall be members of the Federal Executive Council, and shall be the Queen’s Ministers of State for the Common- wealth. After the first general election no minister of state shall hold office for a longer period than three months unless he is or becomes a senator or a member of the House of Representatives. By s. 65, until the Parliament otherwise provides, the ministers of state are not to exceed seven in number, and shall hold such offices as the Parliament or, in the absence of provision, the Governor-General directs. Ministers are permitted to hold seats in Parliament without re- election. Evenin this caseit will be seen that itisnot claimed that the Executive Council shall be composed of ministers only, and the letters patent of the Governor-General permit him to appoint such persons besides ministers as he thinks fit. In the case of the Union of South Africa the model of the Commonwealth has been followed with exactness. There are to be ten ministers who shall be members of the Executive Council, and who must be either members of Parliament or must obtain seats within three months. They are not sub- ject to re-election because of acceptance of office. But here v Constitution of Canada, p. 163.

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