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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28 RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT [PART 1 Victoria at once proceeded to appoint a committee to frame a constitution, and a Bill was passed through the Council and sent home for approval. Like the New South Wales Bill, it embodied measures for the creation of two Houses and the provision of pensions for officers retiring through political changes; it vested the appointment of non-political officers in the Governor in Council, and contemplated responsible government. But Victoria differed from New South Wales in contemplating that the Upper House would be elective and not nominee. In South Australia the announcement of the determination to grant responsible government was heartily welcomed, and a Bill was prepared which passed the Legislative Council as Act No. 3 of 1853, and was duly reserved for the significa- tion of the royal pleasure. The Bill adopted the principle of a bicameral legislature, and made the Upper Chamber nominee ; in other respects it followed generally the model of the New South Wales and Victoria laws, while a subsequent Bill, No. 7 of 1853, granted a Civil List and made provision for the pensions of officers retiring on political grounds.? All three Bills, that of New South Wales, that of Victoria, and that of South Australia, were now in the hands of the Imperial Government, but the Secretary of State, in a dis- patch of July 3, 18543 explained to the various Colonies that there had not been time to deal with the questions involved in that session of Parliament, all three Bills con- taining admittedly clauses which required the alteration of oxisting Imperial Acts. Tasmania had lagged behind, but on August 25, 18534 the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir W. Denison, addressed the Secretary of State with a suggestion that responsible govern- ment should be allowed in its fullness to the Colony, and the Legislative Council also desired the change. The Duke of Newcastle, in a dispatch of January 30, 1854.5 asserted that the Imperial Government were prepared to concede respon- ' Parl. Pap., August 10, 1854, pp. 100 seq. * Ibid., pp. 131 seq. Ibid., p. 63. * Ibid., p. 162. Ibid., p. 166. 3

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