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

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Year of publication:: 1912-

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

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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. vii] CABINET SYSTEM IN DOMINIONS 311 effect, and the new controllers were re-elected to their seats after appointment in the usual way. In 1895 their position was entirely changed by their being called to the Cabinet instead of being left as subordinate ministers, a change which was not contemplated by the Act creating the offices nor intended by the framer of the Act! The result was that on the formation of the Government of Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1896 steps were taken by an Act of 1897 to restore the arrangements as they existed before 1887, the two depart- ments being given ministers with seats in the Cabinet as usual, and their salaries were raised in 1899 to the usual figure of ministerial salaries? On the other hand, another experi- ment tried in 1887 still holds good ; the office of Solicitor- General, then created, is filled by an officer who may sit in Parliament, but who is not a member of the Cabinet. It is his duty to assist the Minister of Justice in the counsel work of his department. In New Zealand the Attorney-General may or may not be a member of the Executive Council, and may or may not be a member of Parliament. In 1875 the Victorian Attorney-General was in the Government, but not in the Executive Council, and in 1892 the Attorney-General of the Cape had no seat in Parliament. In the case of the Dominion of Canada the first Cabinet consisted of thirteen members, who, as was desirable in the case of a Federal Cabinet? consisted of five members from Ontario, four from Quebec (one being a representative of the English part of the population), two from Nova Scotia, and two from New Brunswick. The ministers were Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Minister of Militia, Minister of Customs, Minister of Finance, Minister of Public Works, Minister of Inland Revenue, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Postmaster-General, Minister of Agriculture, Secretary of ! Canada House of Commons Debates, 1896, i. 1065 seq. * Thid., 1897, ii. 4122-30. See Acts 60 & 61 Vict. c. 18: 62 & 63 Vict. zc. 23 and 24. + See the Act 50 & 51 Vict. c. 14, and No. 22 of 1908. So in New South Wales from 1875-78 the office was not political. « For Sir W. Laurier’s views on this topic see House of Commons Debates, Mav 15, 1909.

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