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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Identifikator:: 1896934455

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

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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cmap. mm] THE GOVERNOR AND MINISTERS 173 of a responsible-government Colony or Dominion and the Governor acting as an Imperial officer in the Imperial interest. The distinction is fundamental, and must form the basis of all discussion of the matter if there is to be clearness of thought. It is true that it is not possible to accept the views of these two very able men as to the position of a Governor under responsible government as a mere formal sfficer in cases not involving Imperial interests, but it is a mistake to treat his actions in that capacity as being cases illustrating his position as an Imperial officer, which is what in effect Todd does; he is not, when he dissolves Parliament on ministerial advice or refuses to do so, acting in Imperial interests; he is acting in the interests of the Government of which he is head, and it is merely confusing to compare such action withaction in opposition to ministers takenon Imperial grounds. In the former case he is responsible so far as the head of Government can be responsible to the people of the Colony ; in the latter to the Crown at home, advised by the Ministry of the day. It is no doubt true that as the people in the Colony cannot dismiss him, it may be said that he is not responsible to them ; it was in fact declared by the resolutions of September 3, 1841, which adopted responsible government in Canada, that the Governor was responsible to the Imperial authority alone, and it is quite obvious that it would not be reasonably practicable to secure that the formal tenure of the Governor should depend in any way upon more than one authority ; it would then become possible for a Colonial Government to proceed to determine the tenure of office of a Governor who acted against their advice on Imperial grounds—for a distinction of power with regard to local and Imperial matters would be impossible in practice—and the Governor would therefore lose his value for the purposes of the Imperial Government. But it was recognized by Lord Durham in his pronouncement on responsible government that the Governor must learn only to look for support to the Imperial authorities where he acted in the Imperial interest. Again, it was attempted in the discussions preceding the adoption of the Australian

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