On the Position of a Constitutional Governor Under Responsible Governmentprivate circulation, 1878 - 33 páginas |
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advice tendered appointed approval become responsible Bill Blake British Crown British North America Canada Sessional Papers Canadian change of ministry circumstances Colonial Secretary Commons Papers competent constitutional Advisers Constitutional Governor constitutionally Debates despatch dissolution of parliament dissolving Dominion Parliament Dufferin duty Earl Grey Election Empire Excellency's Executive authority Executive Council exercise expressed favour House of Commons Ibid Imperial authority Imperial Government Imperial Parliament judgment justified Legislative Assembly Legislative Council legislature Lieutenant Governor Lord Elgin Lord John Russell's Majesty Majesty's Government Majesty's Secretary matters measure Memorandum ment Minister of Justice Mother Country North America Act Nova Scotia occasion opinion Parliamentary Government principle principle of local Privy Council Prohibitory province Provincial Acts Provincial Administration public affairs Queen question refusing Representative reserve resigned Responsible Government Royal Instructions sanction self-government Sir Charles Sir Charles Darling Sir Edmund Head Sovereign stitutional submitted vernor Vote Want of Confidence welfare wherein wishes and interests
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Página 30 - Canada shall not be removable within Five Years from his Appointment, except for, Cause assigned, which shall be communicated to him in Writing within One Month after the Order for his Removal is made, and shall be communicated by Message to the Senate and to the House of Commons within One Week thereafter if the Parliament is then sitting, and if not then, within One Week after the Commencement of the next Session of the Parliament.
Página 9 - That in order to preserve, between the different branches of the provincial parliament, that harmony which is essential to the peace, welfare, and good government of the province, the chief advisers of the representative of the sovereign, constituting a provincial administration under him, ought to be men possessed of the confidence of the representatives of the people...
Página 11 - Government and the province with the maintenance of the quasi-monarchical relation in which he now stands towards the community over which he presides, be discovered and agreed upon, he must be content to tread along a path which is somewhat narrow and slippery, and to find that incessant watchfulness and some dexterity are requisite to prevent him from falling, on the one side into the neant of mock sovereignty, or on the other into the dirt and confusion of local factions.
Página 11 - ... with Great Britain and the advancement of the interests of the province. On this tacit understanding we have acted together harmoniously up to this time, although I have never concealed from them that I intend to do nothing which may prevent me from working cordially with their opponents, if they are forced upon me.
Página 28 - The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor General in Council shall be construed as referring to the Governor General acting by and with the Advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
Página 9 - ... the confidence of the representatives of the people ; thus affording a guarantee that the well-understood wishes and interests of the people, which our Gracious Sovereign has declared shall be the rule of the provincial government, will, on all occasions, be faithfully represented and advocated." (3.) " That the people of this province have, moreover, a right to expect from such provincial administration the exertion of their best endeavours that the imperial authority, within its constitutional...
Página 9 - That the head of the Executive Government of the Province being, within the limits of his Government, the representative of the Sovereign is responsible to the Imperial authority alone ; but that, nevertheless the management of our local affairs can only be conducted by him, by and with the assistance, counsel and information, of subordinate officers in the Province.
Página 12 - In Colonies possessing what is called Responsible Government the Governor is empowered by his Instructions to appoint and remove Members of the Executive Council, it being understood that Councillors who have lost the confidence of the local Legislature will tender their resignation to the Governor or discontinue the practical exercise of their functions in analogy with the usage prevailing in the United Kingdom.
Página 16 - Council, which may appear to you to involve an improper exercise of the authority of the Crown for party rather than for public objects. In exercising, however, this power of refusing to sanction measures which may be submitted to you by your Council, you must recollect that this power of opposing a check upon extreme measures proposed by the party for the time in the government depends entirely for its efficacy upon its being used sparingly and with the greatest possible discretion. A refusal to...
Página 27 - Dominion, however important locally their functions may be, are a part of the Colonial Administrative Staff, and are more immediately responsible to the Governor General in Council. They do not hold commissions from the Crown, and neither in power nor privilege resemble those Governors, or even...