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

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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 333 ruled that the matter was a personal act of the Governor- General which was not subject to the usual rule of ministerial responsibility.! It may be said, however, that it is more common in the Colonies to offer advice unasked than in England, where the practice is not to suggest unless a sugges- tion is asked for : thus Mr. Gladstone was not consulted on laying down office for the last time. The power of suggestion is often useful : Sir E. Lewis in Tasmania, in 1909, defeated the malcontents of his party by resigning and advising the Governor to send for the leader of the Labour Party and not for the leader of the malcontents, with the result that Mr. Earle was allowed only a few days of office, the dissidents hastening to submit. § 5. Tur Conpucr oF BUSINESS WITH THE (GOVERNOR The procedure with regard to the conduct of actual business between the Governor and ministers varies considerably in the different Dominions or states. It is the rule in the Commonwealth and under the royal instructions in New Zealand and the States that the Governor should preside in Council? for the transaction of all business which requires to be transacted there. Meetings are there- fore held once a week, or as often as may be required, at which such business as is necessary to be transacted in Council is carried out. Of course these meetings are quite distinct from Cabinet meetings, in which policy is discussed and determined, but they assure a most effective and com- ! Parliamentary Debates, 1908, p. 2796. * For cases of the Governor's absence, of. New Zealand Interpretation Act, 1908, s. 22; Forsyth, Cases and Opinions in Constitutional Law, p. 81. In the famous decision of the Executive Council of New South Wales to seize the wire netting detained by the Commonwealth Customs, the Lieutenant-Governor was present, vice the Governor, who was ill. In the Colonies of South Africa the Governor was also expected to preside and often did so, and sometimes, as in 1906 in the case of the rebellion in Natal, the Council with the Governor acted as a Cabinet for purposes of discussion ; Parl. Pap., Cd. 2805, p. 3. But Sir Bartle Frore’s attempt to insist on this in the Cape was in great measure prevented by Sir J. Molteno ; see Molteno, ii. 190, 191. 353. 390. note 1.

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