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Governors-General were expected to exercise a supervisory role over the Australian Government in the manner of a colonial Governor.
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Governors-General and were
Sir Isaac Isaacs and Sir Zelman Cowen were Jewish ; Bill Hayden is an avowed atheist and he made an affirmation rather than swear an oath at the beginning of his commission ; the remaining Governors-General have been at least nominally Christian.
Early Governors-General were British and were appointed by the King on the recommendation of the Colonial Office.
During the period of 1947 till 1959, seven Prime ministers, four Governors-General and one President were forcefully removed either by the constitutional.
Governors-General were appointed by the King initially on the advice of the British Government, but with the consent of the Irish Government.
Until the 1920s, Governors-General were British subjects, appointed on the advice of the British Government, who acted as agents of the British Government in each Dominion, as well as being representatives of the monarch.
However, unlike all the other Governors-General within the British Empire in the 1920s and 1930s, none of the Governors-General of the Irish Free State were ever sworn in as members of the Imperial Privy Council.
" Even after colonies such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland were granted responsible government, the British Government continued to advise Governors-General on the granting of Assent.
During the office's history, the Governors-General of India were based in two cities: Calcutta during the 19th century and New Delhi during the 20th century.
This generally meant that they were ruled by Governors-General under the Swedish monarch, but within certain limits retained their own established political systems, essentially their diets.
The Governors-General were always members of the Privy Council.
Provisional Governors-General were often chosen from among the provincial Governors.
India and Pakistan acquired independence in 1947, but Governors-General continued to be appointed over each nation until republican constitutions were written.
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma remained Governor-General of India for some time after independence, but the two nations were otherwise headed by native Governors-General.
Most Governors-General and Viceroys were peers.
Like Governors-General appointed after 1948, State Presidents were retired National Party ministers, and consequently white, Afrikaner, and male.
All Viceroys were also Governors-General of India.
Three, Terauchi Masatake, Saitō Makoto, and Koiso Kuniaki, were Governors-General before becoming Prime Ministers.
All Viceroys were also Governors-General.
The Japanese Governors-General were members of the Diet, civilian officials, Japanese nobles or generals.
There were four Governors-General who represented the Ceylonese Monarch.
Governors-General and exercise
The early Governors-General frequently sought advice on the exercise of their powers from two judges of the High Court of Australia, Sir Samuel Griffith and Sir Edmund Barton.
Like Sir Samuel Griffith, Barton was several times consulted by Governors-General of Australia on the exercise of the reserve powers.
* Governors-General and Governors always act on the advice of their Prime Minister or Premier or other relevant minister in regard to particular powers they may exercise.
Governors-General and role
The 1926 Imperial Conference in London recognised the de facto independence of the Dominions, and ended the role of the Governors-General as diplomats and as channels of communication between governments.
Governors-General and over
New Zealand's early Governors, the predecessors of today's Governors-General, exercised considerable power, with exclusive authority over some matters such as foreign and Maori affairs.
Governors-General could also be appointed over parts of Sweden proper, today's Sweden and Finland, and usually consisting of several counties in that part of the country, when circumstances so required.
Governors-General and Australian
Various Governors-General had previously served as governors of an Australian state or colony: Lord Hopetoun ( Victoria 1889 – 95 ); Lord Tennyson ( South Australia 1899 – 1902 ); Lord Gowrie ( South Australia 1928 – 34 ; and New South Wales 1935 – 36 ); Major General Michael Jeffery ( Western Australia 1993 – 2000 ); Quentin Bryce ( Queensland 2003 – 08 ).
Category: Spouses of Australian Governors-General
The first two Governors-General, Lord Hopetoun and Lord Tennyson, had served shortened terms and had had difficult relations with Australian ministers.
Military state funerals are offered to former senior officers of the Australian Defence Force, for example Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, and sometimes given to Governors-General, Prime Ministers, state Governors and state Premiers who had previous military service.
Australian Governors-General
In the ambulatory are portraits of Australian Governors-General, Prime Ministers, Speakers of the House of Representatives and Presidents of the Senate, and pictures of events associated with the building, such as the opening ceremony of 1927.
Category: Spouses of Australian Governors-General
Governors-General and Government
Since the 1920s, Governors-General have acted solely on the advice of the local ministers, rather than on that of the British Government.
Government House is the name of many of the residences of Governors-General, Governors and Lieutenant-Governors in the Commonwealth and the remaining colonies of the British Empire.
* Government House, Government Hill, St. Michael, Barbados is the official residence of the former Governors and Governors-General of Barbados.
Governors-General and colonial
The house is furnished extensively with colonial furniture, porcelain, ornaments and numerous historical artworks such as portraits of Captain James Cook and some former Governors-General, including Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson.
Governors-General and Governor
Significant post-retirement activities of earlier Governors-General have included: Lord Tennyson was appointed Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight ; Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson ( by now Lord Novar ) became Secretary of State for Scotland ; and Lord Gowrie became Chairman of the Marylebone Cricket Club ( Lord Forster had also held this post, before his appointment as Governor-General ).
Governors-General and .
Unlike some of their continental European counterparts, the Monarch and her Governors-General in the Commonwealth realms hold significant " reserve " or " prerogative " powers, to be wielded in times of extreme emergency or constitutional crises usually to uphold parliamentary government.
This was not because of any lack of regard for Isaacs personally, but because the British government considered that the choice of Governors-General was ( since the 1926 Imperial Conference ) a matter for the monarch's decision alone.
More recent Governors-General in this category include Lord Casey, Sir Paul Hasluck, Sir John Kerr, Sir Ninian Stephen, Bill Hayden and Sir William Deane.
Until 2001, Governors-General did not pay income tax on their salary ; this was changed after the Queen agreed to pay tax.
Three Governors-General have resigned their commission.
A number of Governors-General have reserved Royal Assent for particular legislation for the Queen.
Governors-General generally become patrons of various charitable institutions, present honours and awards, host functions for various groups of people including ambassadors to and from other countries, and travel widely throughout Australia.
At one time, Governors-General wore the traditional Windsor uniform on formal occasions.
Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands are unusual among Commonwealth realms in that Governors-General are selected by the legislature rather than by the executive branch.
The ninety-two room building formerly served as the ' out-of-season ' residence of the Irish Lord Lieutenant and the residence of two of the three Irish Governors-General: Tim Healy and James McNeill.
Even if Turku had no official capital status, both the short-lived institutions of Dukes and Governors-General of Finland usually had their Finnish residences there.
* His / Her Excellency ( abbreviation HE, oral address Your Excellency ) — Governors-General and British Colonial Governors, state officials and generals of Imperial Russia.
Healy was also unique ( along with his successor, James McNeill ) amongst all the Governors-General in the British Empire in the 1920s in that he was never sworn in as a member of the Imperial Privy Council.
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