All 21 Barbadian Senators are technically nominated by the Queen, but this duty is ( along with all of the Queen's other Barbadian duties ) carried out by the Governor-General.

A Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor-General as the head of government, and of a multi-party system ; the Prime Minister advises the Governor-General on the appointment of a Council of Ministers.

Government of Barbados consists of: The Monarch, HM Queen Elizabeth II ( and her representative the Governor-General, HE Sir Elliott Belgrave ); The Prime Minister, The Hon.

An instance of a Governor General exercising his power was during the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, when the Australian Prime Minister of the time, Gough Whitlam, was dismissed by the Governor-General.

When he went to seek the Governor-General's approval of the election, the Governor-General instead dismissed him as Prime Minister, and shortly thereafter installed leader of the opposition Malcolm Fraser in his place.

* In some instances the right to work in any position ( including the civil service ) is granted, except for certain specific positions, such as in the defense departments, Governor-General or President or Prime Minister.

" The Constitution grants the Governor-General a wide range of powers, but in practice he or she follows the conventions of the Westminster system and ( with rare exceptions ) acts only on the advice of the Prime Minister of Australia or other ministers.

The constitutional crisis of 1975 prominently raised the possibility of the Prime Minister and the Governor-General attempting to dismiss each other at the same time.

* if an election results in a Parliament in which no party has a majority, the Governor-General may select the Prime Minister

* if a Prime Minister loses the support of the House of Representatives, the Governor-General may appoint a new Prime Minister

* if a Prime Minister advises a dissolution of the House of Representatives, the Governor-General may refuse that request, or request further reasons why it should be granted.

* if a Prime Minister advises a dissolution of Parliament on the occasion of a deadlock between the Houses, the Governor-General may refuse that request

* if a Prime Minister resigns after losing a vote of confidence, the Governor-General may select a new replacement contrary to the advice of the outgoing Prime Minister

* if a Prime Minister is unable to obtain Supply and refuses to resign or advise a dissolution, the Governor-General may dismiss him or her and appoint a new Prime Minister.

The Governor-General Lord Casey sent for the Country Party leader and Coalition Deputy Prime Minister John McEwen, and he was sworn in as caretaker Prime Minister until such time as the Liberals elected a new leader.

* 1947 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by British Prime Minister Clement Attlee.

The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who is represented by the Governor-General and the head of government is the Prime Minister who chairs the Cabinet drawn from an elected Parliament.

In practice, the functions of the monarchy are conducted by the Governor-General, appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister.

The Governor-General formally has the power to appoint and dismiss Prime Ministers and to dissolve Parliament ; and also formally signs legislation into law after passage by Parliament.

It was a period during which the Sultan's authority and powers were increasingly and decisively taken over by the Chief Minister, much to the chagrin of the British Governor-General who continued to deal with the ineffectual Sultan.

* 1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

They are legislative and executive powers and functions conferred on the Governor-General, not by Royal authority, but by statutory authority ," a view held also by Andrew Inglis Clark, who assisted Sir Samuel Griffith with drafts of the constitution and later became Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.

In Australia, however, the powers are explicitly given to the Governor-General in the Constitution ; it is their use that is the subject of convention.

Those powers are generally and routinely exercised on Ministerial advice, but the Governor-General retains the ability to act independently in certain circumstances, as governed by convention.

When they are the longest serving State Governor, the Governor of New South Wales holds a dormant commission to act as the Administrator of the Commonwealth when the Governor-General of Australia is absent from Australia, a role held by the current Governor.

At state banquets, for example, toasts are made to the head of state, not to a governor-general, except insofar as a personal toast may be proposed subsequently to " Governor-General and Mrs. X " as hosts of, or guests at, the banquet.

Candidates for members of parliament are voted upon when the prime minister asks the Governor-General to call a national election, a maximum of five years after the previous national election.

Protocol dictates that the Monarch, members of the Royal Family, the Governor-General and State Governors are to be saluted at all times by all ranks.

If the Prime Minister refuses to do either, it is then open to the Governor-General to dismiss his present Ministers and seek others who are prepared to give him the only proper advice open.

Her Majesty, as Queen of Australia, is watching events in Canberra with close interest and attention, but it would not be proper for her to intervene in person in matters which are so clearly placed within the jurisdiction of the Governor-General by the Constitution Act.

When there are enough seats for another party to form a government after the resignation of a government, the Governor-General may ask the other party to try to form the government.

Hastings Road and its neighbour Warren Road are named after Warren Hastings the first Governor-General of India.

The office can be considered viceregal, but not equivalent to that of a Governor-General, as Lord Lieutenants have virtually no role in local government, nor are they responsible for promulgating local ordinances in the monarch's name.

Beyond the United Kingdom, there are fifteen commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II, a non-resident yet de jure head of state, who is represented by a resident Governor-General who carries out the day to day duties of the monarch in respect to each realm and as such is the de facto head of state in each realm.

However, the actions of each Governor-General are almost always under the advisement of the national Prime Minister, who is the head of government and actually exercises the real powers of the crown.

* State Governors are given a dormant commission to administer the Commonwealth if the Governor-General is unable to.

* The Governor-General is appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister of the day, is a resident of the country he or she will represent, and can be dismissed immediately on the advice of the Prime Minister ( exceptions are Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, where the Governor-General is elected by Parliament and then formally appointed by the Queen, and the United Kingdom, which has no vice-regal office ).

Honorary aides-de-camp to the Governor-General or state governors are entitled to the post-nominal ADC during their appointment.

His new books included Post-National Arguments: The Politics of the Anglo-Canadian Novel since 1967 ( 1993 ), Reading ' KIM ' Right ( 1993 ), an analysis of the public persona of Canada's first woman prime minister, Canadian Literary Power ( 1994 ), a study of how Canadian literary reputations are constructed and defended, Karla's Web: A Cultural Examination of the Mahaffy-French Murders ( 1994 ), an examination of how newspaper crime writing distorts both victims and criminal justice issues, Cultural Mischief: A Practical Guide to Multiculturalism ( 1996 ), a poetry collection that mocked both the sentimentalities of multiculturalism's proponents and the narcissism of its critics, and Mr & Mrs G-G ( 2002 ) an examination of Canadian Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson and her husband, writer John Ralston Saul, that accused both of a pretentiousness that misrepresented and stifled actual Canadian realities.

The constitutional functions of the Crown are given to the Governor-General, whom the Monarch appoints on the advice of the Prime Minister.

However, Prime Minister Helen Clark defended the Governor-General, stating " One of the challenges for us is we clearly are no longer a dominion of Britain where the Governor-General is exactly like the Queen ".