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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306 THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT [part iI only had a seat in the last Legislature the conduct of the Government for a period of several months, but he was dismissed by the Dominion Government for his action, which cannot therefore be regarded as a happy precedent for others to follow. In his defence he quoted several other cases of such happenings, as, for example, two cases in Ontario in 1898.1 In the Dominion elections of 1908, Mr. Templeman, though defeated in British Columbia, remained a minister until he secured re-election in 1909. The Dominions still in some degree retain the inconvenient and stupid practice of requiring ministers after accepting office to vacate their seats. This is still the rule in Canada, where all ministers who accept departmental office must be re-elected. This does not, however, apply to cases where there has been a new Cabinet formed owing to the death or resignation of the Premier, but only if a new Government has been instated in its place : in that case the resignation has become complete, and however short the tenure of office by the new Government the old Ministry must face re-election. This was not once the case, if new offices were accepted within a month ; hence the famous ‘ double shuffle ’ of 1858 in Canada. Thus on the death of Sir John Macdonald in 1891 Mr. Abbott formed a new Government, and all the old members retained their seats and places. The same pro- cedure was followed in 1894, on the death of Sir John Thompson at Windsor on December 13, when again the ministers did not need to seek re-election: on the other hand, the ministers who changed their offices, Sir C. Tupper, Messrs. Bowell and Ives, took the oath of office of their new departments. In the case of all the Canadian Provinces it is specifically enacted that acceptance of office by a member of the Legislature vacates a seat, but re-election is allowed, and is not necessary if the minister in question is re-appointed after resignation within a month, unless a new Ministry has been formed in the interim. Appointment to the Legislature t Canada Sess. Pap., 1900, No. 174, p. 17. * Revised Statutes, 1908, c. 11, 8. 9. Bourinot, Constitution of Canada, pp. 184, 185.

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