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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

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

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Year of publication:: 1912

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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OHAP. viI] CABINET SYSTEM IN DOMINIONS 323 In the provinces things have been different, and Ministries have been less clearly divided on political grounds and so less stable, but even there of recent years matters have changed. Nova Scotia is steadily Liberal under Mr. Fielding’s influence, and Mr. McBride’s Ministry, which replaced the chaos of politics on personal grounds by the party system, has main- tained itself since 1903 in overwhelming strength in 1907 and 1910 in British Columbia ; from 1871 to 1905 the Liberals under Sir O. Mowat and Colonel Ross ruled Ontario, but since then the Conservatives under the lead of Sir James Whitney in Ontario, and of Mr. Roblin since 1900 in Manitoba, have held office for considerable periods, while the Conserva- tive Opposition in Quebec is still very weak, though it held office for a period after Mr. Mercier’s dismissal by Mr. Angers in 1891. . On the other hand, in 1908! the Conservatives overthrew the Liberal reign in New Brunswick, which had lasted since 1883. There has already been one change of Premier in Alberta, and Prince Edward Island has in the past wavered a good deal? Saskatchewan, since its creation, has remained Liberal. In Newfoundland, after several changes, Sir R. Bond's Ministry lasted from 1900 to 1909, and the next Ministry, of Sir BE. Morris, appears to be firmly seated in office. In the case of the Commonwealth, changes have been incessant since 1901. The first Ministry, that of Sir Edward Barton, came to an end through his resignation in 1903, but the Government to which Mr. Deakin succeeded was in effect unchanged in politics. It was overthrown in 1904 on the question of the inclusion of railway servants in the Conciliation and Arbitration Act by a coalition between the Labour party and Mr. Reid’s party? The Labour Ministry which followed only lasted from April 27 to August 17, 1904, ' Even in Nova Scotia the Conservatives gained seats in 1911. ¢ It has been Liberal since 1891, but the 1908 election was a shock; Macphail, Essays in Politics, pp. 441 seq. It is curious that when the Dominion Government is Liberal the provinces tend to be Conservative, and vice versa. SirJ, Macdonald seems to have preferred this condition of affairs. ® Parliamentary Debates, 1904, p. 1243 ; Turner, Australian Commonwealth. pp. 73 seq.

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