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

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Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

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Title:: Part I. Introductory

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32 RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT [PART I reserving as a general rule Bills of local interest. A curious contretemps resulted from the passing of the Act : under the interpretation put on the Act by his law officers, the system of responsible government was brought into effect before a new legislature came into existence, and the sitting Legislative Council proved ready to defeat the officers of the Government who had to face them in their new capacity as ministers. In the case of South Australia the Imperial Government did not proceed as in the case of New South Wales and Victoria to pass an Act confirming the Colonial Bill, No. 3 of 1853, but they suggested in a dispatch of May 4, 1855, that the Legislative Council would do well to reconsider the provisions of the original Bill regarding the Legislative Council? It was added that if this were done, and if the provisions affecting the Imperial right of disallowance which restricted the right to Bills affecting Imperial interests were altered, it would not be essential to provide for the ratifica~ tion of the Bill by an Imperial Act, as the passing of the Imperial Act, 18 & 19 Vict. c. 56, regarding the waste lands, rendered further Imperial legislation needless, unless the fundamental principles of the Bill were altered. The Governor, on the receipt of this dispatch, in accordance with a suggestion contained in it proceeded to dissolve the elective portion of the Legislative Council, but he put before the people as an alternative to responsible government the adoption of a system of having a single chamber of four official nominees, of twelve elective members selected on a restricted franchise, and of twenty-four members elected on a low franchise. This scheme fell entirely flat, and in the result the Legislative Council passed an Act, No. 2 of 1855-6, which created a bicameral legislature, made pro- vision for retiring officers, laid down a Civil List, and provided for ministerial tenure of office. This Act received in due course the royal assent? In the case of Tasmania the same procedure was adopted : ! Parl. Pap., July 24, 1856, pp. 45 sea. : Rusden, Hist. of Australia. iii. 140 seq. * Parl. Pap., July 24, 1856, p. 108. 3 Thid., pp. 65 seq., 109,

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