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-

Collection:: Economics Books

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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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204 THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT [PART II that there is any important political question upon which contending parties are directly at issue. Existing difficulties may be disposed of without recourse bo extreme remedies. In considering the question of dissolution, the Acting Governor desires to pay the greatest attention to any repre- sentations that have been made to him by his constitutional advisers, but it is his duty to consider the question solely in reference to the general interests of the people, and not from a party standpoint. If he believes that a strong and efficient Administration can be formed that would command the confidence of the existing Assembly, and be able to carry on the public business, he ought not to resort to the ‘ extreme medicine ’ of the Constitution. The present House of Assembly was elected only fifteen months ago. The law provides that a general election shall take place every three years, and it does not appear to the Acting Governor to be desirable that this period should be shortened without reasons of great gravity. A general election at the present time would not be beneficial to the public interest, for it would delay the consideration of the financial condition of the country, which apparently is 50 serious as to demand immediate attention, and it would prolong a period of political unrest which has become distasteful to the people. The Acting Governor does not, upon a review of the position, consider that there is any sufficient ground for the dissolution of a comparatively young House of Assembly, at a time when the financial position of the State is suffering by the delay in passing necessary measures, and when it is reasonably probable that the present Parliament could furnish an Administration able to carry on the business of the sountry ; and, also, the Acting Governor is not aware of any reason why an Administration possessing the confidence of the House of Assembly, and having supplies, should not proceed with the public business in the ordinary way. In Tasmania again, in 1909, the new Governor, Sir Harry Barron, was confronted by a difficult position. When the ministers met the House of Assembly on October 21, the leader of the Opposition, Sir Elliott Lewis, gave notice of a motion of want of confidence. The House then adjourned fo the next day, when after a debate which lasted till mid- aight, the Ministry was defeated by a majority of six, the

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