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

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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218 THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT [parT II Parliament on May 31st and did not resign until defeated by a majority of 13. In 1892, Lord Salisbury dissolved, but the Opposition previously voted the Estimates for the year and expedited public business. He was defeated by a majority of 40; but he did not resign until he was defeated by a direct vote of want of confidence. 350 to 310. He then quoted the case of Lord Onslow’s appointment of six members of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, and the approval of his action by the Secretary of State in 1891. He pointed out that after his defeat in 1878 by a majority of between eighty and ninety, Mr. Mackenzie was allowed to appoint a deputy minister, a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, four puisne judges, and a County Court Judge. He also asserted that the judges of Canada had in many cases, including the then Chief Justice, been appointed by the Liberal party, and that the Senate only twice in Mr. Mackenzie's Government refused to accept his measures, and then they were in sympathy with Mr. Mackenzie’s own supporters, and he added :(— 1 may venture to remind Your Excellency that the exigencies of the public service and the difficulties to which you have alluded have been caused by the obstruction of public business by the Opposition, notwithstanding that the Government, of which I was the leader in the House of Commons, had the support of a large majority of that House. At that time the unfortunate circumstance to which I have referred, enabled comparatively few persons to prevent any legislation or public business being done by the House. Had the Opposition in Canada adopted the course followed in the Imperial Parliament in 1892, when the Opposition voted the estimates for the year and expedited public business, no such difficulty could have presented itself, and I fail to see why such obstruction on the part of an Opposition should entitle them to the special consideration of the Crown. With reference to the inquiries which Your Excellency has from time to time thought fit to address to the Clerk of the Privy Council, I can only re-state my impression that such information in times past has been sought and obtained by the Governor-General through communications with the Prime Minister or the Minister directly concerned. rather

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