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

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

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cuaP. 111] THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 959 tenure of office on the part of the members is longer than is usual elsewhere where there are elective Upper Houses : the ordinary duration of such Houses is six years, and the principle of a rotation of retirements ensures that the complexion of the House is always being changed more in the direction of bringing it into harmony with the views of the electorate. The nominated Upper House of Natal sat for ten years. It should, however, be added that the power of dissolution applies under s. 20 to the Senate as well as to the Lower House, though nominee members of the former body are not affected by dissolution. The property qualification is borrowed from the practice in the Cape, where, however, it was higher, being fixed at £2,000 immovable property or £4,000 movable property ; in Natal it was £500 immovable property : in this respect, as in many others, the Constitution is not democratic,’ as compared with that of Australia. The age-limit is normal in all the Dominions, but is not the rule in the Commonwealth. The requirement of European descent 2 is unusual, but is derived from the state of affairs in the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony, and also substantially in Natal, where the native has neither the franchise nor the right to be elected a member of Parliament. The Lower House 2 is to be composed of members directly chosen by the voters of the Union in electoral divisions defined by a commission selected from the judges of the several Colonial Supreme and High Courts. Under the * In The Empire Review, xviii. 118, the qualification is considered too'low. * The needlessness of this exclusion is emphasized, ibid.; and see Mr. Schreiner’s letter to The Times, July 27, 1909, p. 9; House of Commons Debates, ix. 1549 seq., 1044. Cf. Sir J. Ward’s view cited by Sir C. Dilke, ix, 980. He pointed out the fact that the Maoris have members—Maoris— in either House of the Dominion Parliament. The Act of 1877, s. 19, contained a provision proposed by Mr. Forster for the representation of the natives in any Union Parliament. Mr. Lyttelton, ix. 1580, thought that the exclusion was inserted when it was proposed to have proportional representation, and retained when the intention of having this and the possibility of a selection of a native had disappeared. 3 gg. 32-50.

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