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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CHAP. VI] THE LOWER HOUSES 503 of-the-way constituencies, but in 1896 in the Dominion House it was decided to adopt the date fixed for the return of the writs, not of the actual return, and the rule has applied senerally since.l § 4 PayMENT oF MEMBERS 2 In all the Parliaments some payment is made to members. In the case of Australia, in the Parliament of the Common- wealth members of both Houses received first £400 and by Act No. 5 of 1907 £600 a year; in the case of New South Wales the Legislative Councillors 2 are not paid, but under Acts No. 32 of 1902 and No. 41 of 1906 the members of the Legislative Assembly receive £300 a year and postages, and in Victoria (where there is a property franchise and qualification for the Upper House), under Act No. 1075, and Queensland, ander Acts of 1896, No. 15, and of 1909, No. 18, the same rule applies. In South Australia, under Act No. 399, and Western Australia? under Act No. 34 of 1900, members of both Houses receive £200 per annum; and in Tasmania £100 per annum by Act No. 51 of 1900, increased to £150 by Act No. 53 of 1910. In all cases the members receive free railway passes on the state railways. In the case of New Zealand the members of the Legislative Council receive £200 a year payable monthly, and members of the House of Representatives £25 a month or £300 a year, with deductions for non-attendance, and with travelling expenses, under the Consolidated Statutes, 1908, No. 101. ! Bourinot, Constitution of Canada, p. 61, note 4. For the case of Ontario, cf. the Act of 1879 (42 Vict. c. 4, s. 3); Revised Statutes. 1897, e. 12, and the Act of 1908, c. 5, s. 4. * See Parl. Pap., H. C. 80, 1911, a not very accurate return. 4 In Queensland and New South Wales this is due to their being nominee. 4 Increased to £300 for both Houses by Act No. 33 of 1911. In Canada and Queensland the leader of the Opposition gets an extra salary. But n Ontario the leader has declined such a proposal, and so in Western Australia in 1910; the Act, however, as in the case of Queensland, provides £200 extra for him. In Canada the salary is $7,000 extra. In South Australia, under Act No. 1025, the question of an increase to £300 was submitted to a referendum in April 1911, and negatived. There were for long disputes over the policy of payment; cf. Attorney-General of New South Wales v. Rennie, 16 N. S. W. L. R, 111; [1896] A. C. 376.

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