By Barbara Messamore
ISBN-10: 0802090613
ISBN-13: 9780802090614
Oft-ignored within the examine of Canadian background or pushed aside as a vestige of colonial prestige, the governor general's place of work offers crucial historic perception into Canada's constitutional evolution. within the 19th century, as this day, person governors common exercised huge scope in examining their method of the workplace. The period 1847-1878 witnessed profound alterations in Canada's dating with Britain, and during this new ebook, Barbara J. Messamore explores the character of those adjustments via an exam of the position of the governor general.
Guided by means of superseded directions and constitutional conventions that weren't but firmly validated, the governors basic of the time - Lord Elgin, Sir Edmund Head, Lord Monck, Lord Lisgar, and Lord Dufferin - all wrestled with the consequences of colonial self govt. The imprecision of the viceregal position made the nature of the appointee particularly vital and biographical information are hence necessary to an figuring out of the way the hot test of colonial self-government was once positioned into perform. Messamore's ebook marries constitutional background and biography, supplying illumination on the various key figures of nineteenth-century Canadian politics.
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67 This uncertain legacy made the appointment of Sydenham's successor a very sensitive matter. A Conservative ministry took office in Britain in 1841, with Lord Stanley serving as colonial secretary. 68 Sir Charles Bagot, the new governor, was still meant to resist any concessions to the principle of responsible government, and Bagot's instructions from Lord Stanley were strikingly similar to those Sydenham had received. '69 Events would not permit Bagot to avoid the issue of responsible government altogether.
47 He also challenged Grey's assertion that Canada enjoyed military protection at British expense. 49 Elgin also played Canada's advocate in the debate over the repeal of the Navigation Laws. These laws required Canadian produce to be transported in British or colonial ships and often meant that shipping rates were significantly higher from Canadian than American ports, or even at times that transport was unavailable. In 1846 the Corn Laws, granting preference to colonial wheat in the British market, had been repealed.
Remember/ Bulwer-Lytton admonished, 'that the first care of a governor in a free colony is to shun the reproach of being a party man. '74 This impartiality would especially be required if the governor general should find that no single party was able to form a government and negotiations became necessary. Factional bitterness between political rivals could make it difficult for smooth negotiations to take place, and the role of the governor general as the instrument through whom adversaries could come to terms should not be overlooked.