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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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 III. The Parliaments of the Dominions

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502 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS [PART T1I § 3. Tue DURATION OF PARLIAMENT The duration of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth, and of all the six Australian States and of the Dominion of New Zealand, is now reduced to three years. In Canada, under the British North America Act, 1867, the Federal Parlia- ment lasts for five years ; the Parliament of Ontario lasts for four years, extended only temporarily by two months in 1901; that of Quebec, which was given a duration of four years by the British North America Act, has under a Quebec statute of 1881 (Revised Statutes, 1909, s. 115) been extended to five years. The House of Assembly of Nova Scotia has a duration since 1897 of five years; the House of Assembly of New Brunswick, which in 1795 was given a duration of seven years and in 1842 a duration of four years, had, under an Act of 1896 (c. 5), a duration of four years and two months, and since 1900 of five years and two months. The Legislative Assemblies’ of Manitoba, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island last for four years; and the Legislative Assemblies of Saskatchewan? and Alberta for five years. The House of Assembly of Newfoundland has a duration of four years; that of the Parliament of the Union of South Africa is five years, as formerly in the Cape, Transvaal, and Orange River Colony, against four in Natal. In all cases a Parliament must by law annually be held 50. that twelve months shall not intervene between the last session of one and the first session of the new Parliament. Difficulties have been caused with regard to this provision in. Canada by questions as to return of members for out- ! Fixed at three years by the constitution, s. 28. In New South Wales the original five years’ period disappeared in 1874; in Victoria (Act No. 89, s. 2) and Queensland (in 1890) also it has gone, and in Tasmania by Act 54 Viet. No. 58. In South Australia it has always been three years (Consti- tution Act, s. 3). In Western Australia it was four years (63 & 54 Vict. ¢. 26, sched. s. 14), but is reduced to three years by 63 Vict. No. 19, s. 21. To restore it to four years has been proposed ; Parliamentary Debates. 1910-1, p. 828. For New Zealand, see the Act of 1879. * Originally four years by Act 1906, c. 4, increased by 1908, ¢. 4. For Alberta, originally four years, see now Act 1909, c. 2; for Manitoba, Canada Act, 33 Vict. c. 3 ; for Prince Edward Island, 1908, c. 1; for Ontario. 1908. ¢. 5; and for the rest, the Revised Statutes.

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