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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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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CHAP. IV] THE GOVERNOR AS HEAD 193 cession as to the franchise, though not one so large as was desired by the Lower House. The action of the Governor was approved by the public press and by the people generally. In 1907 the Governor of Queensland was involved in a Juestion of great difficulty also arising out of the relations of the two Houses. He was asked by his Premier, under circumstances which will be detailed elsewhere, to consent to swamp, if need be, the Upper House : he refused to do so, and the Premier resigned. He then sent for Mr. Philp, who was unable to obtain supply. The Lower House declared that it was willing and ready to go on with business, that important matters awaited disposal, and protested against a dissolution ; but the Governor insisted on dissolving, with the result that Mr. Philp was badly beaten and the old Ministry reinstated, whereupon the House, at the instance of the new Ministry, passed an address regretting the Gover- nor’s action, but took no further step to proceed against him.2 1t is clear in this case that the Governor was not correct in thinking that there was a reasonable chance of the Govern- ment being successful at the elections, but he was probably influenced by the fact that the election would decide legiti- mately the fate of the Upper House. It did so, and in a curious manner, for the coalition by which Mr. Philp had been de- feated, consisting of Labour and Kidstonites, rapidly dissolved, and Mr. Kidston, backed by his quondam enemies, proceeded tosolve the relations of the Houses by arranging a Referendum Act? to decide in cases of disputes between the two Houses. In the case of Victoria in 1908 the position was very peculiar. A very strong Government by sheer muddling frittered away its large majority, and shortly after seeming quite invincible found itself defeated in the Assembly. What ensued can best be set out in the memorandum of the facts made by the Governor and agreed to by the ex-Premier, which by the consent of the Governor was communicated to ! House of Assembly Debates, 1906, Sess. 2, pp. 524 seq. * Parliamentary Debates, ¢. 1735 seq. ; ci. 38 seq. ; below, pp. 582 seq. * Act No. 16 of 1908. See also Parliamentary Debates, ci. 361 seq., 566 eq., 606, 648 seq., 706, 717, 767, 801. 1279 oO

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