Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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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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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part IV. The federations and the union // Chapter II. The commonwealth of Australia

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cap. 111] THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 955 still able to disregard as a mere matter of law Parliamentary considerations in the question of the appointment of his Council, an important restriction exists under both the Australian and the South African Constitutions on his choice of advisers : after the first general election no minister ! can hold office for more than three months unless he obtains a seat in either House of Parliament. The provision is not new in South Africa, as it appears in the Natal Constitution of 1893, by which, however, the time allowed for obtaining a seat is four months. The provision of the Constitution as it stands is borrowed from Australia, and it was also adopted in 1903 by Victoria. It is still left elsewhere to constitutional practice, and quite recently ministers have held office in Canada, Newfoundland, Queensland, and Western Australia for considerable periods while without places in Parliament. The ministers appointed on the formation of the Ministry were : Minister of Agriculture (who was Prime Minister) ; Minister of Railways and Harbours ; Minister of the Interior, Mines, and Defence ; Minister of Justice ; Minister of Educa- tion ; Minister of Finance ; Minister of Lands ; Minister for Native Affairs; Minister of Commerce and Industries ; Minister of Public Works, Posts, and Telegraphs; and a minister without a portfolio. Of these, three, including the Prime Minister, were from the Transvaal, four from the Cape, two each from Natal and the Orange River Colony. The Premiers of three Colonies took places, but Mr. Merriman, Premier of the Cape, refused to do so. The rest of the officers of the Government are made subject to the control of the Executive Council by vesting their appointment by s. 15 in the Governor-General in Council, except where the appointment is delegated by the Governor- General in Council or other provision is made by law for the mode of appointment. The clause is a commonplace of Colonial Constitutions and is designed to distinguish ministers who hold office at pleasure, and are selected by the Governor- General directly from public servants whose tenure is in 1 9 14.

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