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

Collection:: Economics Books

CHAP. TV] THE GOVERNOR AS HEAD 205 voting being sixteen to ten. The Premier then addressed to the Governor a memorandum asking that he might be granted a dissolution, but the dissolution was refused, and the Governor sent for the leader of the Opposition, who was able to form a fairly strong Government as compared with the Government of the Labour Party. The following is the text of the memorandum and the Governor’s reply '— Mr. Earle presents his respectful compliments to his Ex- cellency the Governor. In accordance with the commis- sion recently entrusted to him by the Governor, Mr. Earle formed an Administration, which succeeded that of Sir Elliott Lewis. Ministers were duly sworn in on 20th inst., but at the first subsequent meeting of the House of Assembly on the 22nd inst., a vote of want of confidence in Ministers was moved by Sir Elliott Lewis, and carried by 16 votes to 10. A brief retrospect of the recent political history of the State is necessary to permit of a proper understanding of the situation created by this adverse vote. During the existence of the last Parliament the Govern- ment of the Hon. J. W. Evans held office at the period of the general elections, which took place in April last. Mr. Evans had occupied the position of Premier for nearly five years. There were at the election considerable electoral difficulties affecting Mr. Evans’s Administration, and in respect of one important question it is highly probable, if not absolutely certain, that Mr. Evans would have suffered defeat if he bad met the newly-elected Parliament. The settlement of the question fell to the lot of other Ministers. Sixty candidates offered themselves for election. “Of these, according to a careful analysis which Mr. Earle has made, 20 represented the views of the party which supports Mr. Earle—12 of these were returned. There were 23 who represented the opposite political view—14 were returned. Twelve candidates took a middle course, inclining in many respects towards the views propounded by Mr. Earle and his party, and only one was returned. Four of the remaining candidates cannot be classified, but their public declarations indicated that they were in sympathy with the political views of Mr. Earle. One other candidate was rejected. It has been stated in Parliament by the Hon. A. E. Solomon (the Attorney-General in the last Administration) with evident truth, that Mr. Evans did not assume during 1 Parl. Pan.. 1909. No. 52.

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