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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URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

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 513 the prescribed quota of electors, after taking into considera- tion the margin of allowance of one-fifth, that, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, it has become necessary to reduce or increase, as the case may be, the number of such electors, 30 as to approximate the same to the said quota, the Governor in Council may appoint three electoral commissioners with power to alter the boundaries of the electoral district. Provision is made that the commissioners shall consider any objections made to the proposed alterations, and for the making by the principal electoral registrar of new rules to suit the altered circumstances. It is important to note that no discretion is given to the Governor in Council to vary the report of the commissioners, and that therefore their award shall be final. But redis- tribution is not automatic. In the other states there is no provision for automatic redistribution. Tasmania has adopted the proportional system of representation with large divisions returning six members, and in 1910 Western Australia redistributed the seats on a basis attacked by the Labour party as concerned solely in the interests of the Government! In Victoria and South Australia also the electorates are fixed by Act. So also in Newfoundland and in. the Provinces of Canada. In Canada, in the Dominion, redistribution is compulsory, but not automatic, under the British North America Act and 4 & 5 Edw. VII. cc. 3 and 42, as the result of each quinquen- nial census. Accordingly the House was last redistributed in 1903 and 1907, when very considerable changes were made, the basis being the sixty-five members of Quebec.2 The creation of the new provinces in 1905 in Saskatchewan and Alberts led to very bitter accusations of gerrymandering? A new redistribution falls due as the result of the census of 1911, t See Parliamentary Debates, 1910-1, pp. 1499 seq. and passim; Act No. 6 of 1911. * Cf. Canadian Annual Review, 1903, pp. 46 seq., and see the cases, in re Representation of Certain Provinces in the House of Commons, 33 S. C. R, 175, and in re Representation of Prince Edward Island in the House of Jommons, 33 8. C. R. 594, and [1905] A. C. 37. For 1907, see 6 & 7 Edw. VII c. 41. % See Canadian Annual Review, 1905, p. 104, 1279

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