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 II. The executive Government

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SHAP. IV] THE GOVERNOR AS HEAD 101 The principles which were laid down at the Colonial Conference have never been varied in any degree, and recent history affords many interesting examples of their being followed. In the case of the Commonwealth there have been three cases of the refusal of the Governor-General 50 grant a dissolution. In 1904 the Labour Ministry of the lay was defeated on the question of the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill by a coalition of the party led by Mr. Deakin with that led by Mr. Reid. The Premier applied for a dissolution, thinking no doubt that it would be desirable to see if the country would not decide between the rival policies by sending back a strong Labour Party, even if it were not strong enough to control the Government. But the Governor-General declined to grant a dissolution, no doubt on the broad ground that the possibility of Parliamentary Government had by no means been exhausted.! This was obviously the case, for a Ministry, that of Mr. Reid and Mr. McLean, had been agreed upon to unite the followers of Mr. Reid and Mr. Deakin, and that Ministry held office until June-July 1905, when, the coalition having broken down, the Prime Minister was defeated at the opening of Parliament. Mr. Reid then applied for a dissolution, but again the Governor-General refused to grant one.? Matters had now been patched up again between the Labour Party and Mr. Deakin, who had acted together against Mr. Reid, until Mr. Reid and the Labour Party coalesced to defeat Mr. Deakin on the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill by extending ts operation to railway employees, a proposal which was held lo be ultra vires by the Commonwealth High Court in view of the fact that railways were state agencies, and as such could not be interfered with by the Commonwealth. Again, the new coalition Government—for though the Labour Party would not join the Ministry they supported it very steadily— was successful for a time, until, in view of the elections, Australia House of Assembly Debates, 1899, pp. 917 seq. The ground of Mr. Kingston’s failure was personal ; Sir F. Holder entered federal politics in 1901, when Mr. Jenkins became Premier, an office which he held until 1905. * Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates, 1904, p. 4625. * Thid., 1905, pp. 133, 134; Turner, Australian Commonwealth, pp. 97-100.

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