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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34 RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT [PART I when asked to do so. The Governor was given by additional royal instructions of March 10, 1859, powers to remove members of the Executive Council, but he did not exercise them, and in the long run the result which has persisted to the present day was established, under which the Executive Councillors retain that position for life, but only the members of the Ministry of the day are normally summoned to the meetings of the Executive Council, though members can be removed, and have been removed, if their retention of the position would create a scandal. The idea of using the Council as a whole for any but merely formal purposes was discarded. On the other hand, the Major-General command- ing, who had the succession to the government, was allowed to retain a seat, though not a member of the Ministry. In the case of South Australia the same questions arose, but they were disposed of by the issue of a new commission under letters patent of February 22, 1858, which empowered the Governor to appoint members to the Executive Council in addition to those provided for in the Constitution Act, and to remove members; while on the other hand, the admini- stration of the Government was entrusted to the officer com- manding for the time being in South Australia. In Tasmania also the question of the Council was considered, but in that case the decision arrived at followed the model of Victoria, and not that of New South Wales and South Australia. In granting responsible government to New South Wales the Imperial Government expressly recognized that it was desirable to distinguish the case of the remoter parts of the Colony and to divide the Colony. The Imperial Act, 18 & 19 Vict. c. 54, therefore contained power to the Crown to estab- lish a separate Colony out of the northern part of the Colony, and this was done, after petitions from the inhabitants and much discussion, by letters patent of June 6, 1859, which were afterwards confirmed by an Act of the Imperial Parlia- ment, as doubts had arisen as to the fact whether they strictly complied with the terms of the authority conveyed by the Act of 1855. The new Governor, Sir George Bowen. 1 24 & 25 Vict. ¢. 44. The point at issue was the franchise.

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