LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE PRESENT POSITION,
The state of the dominant parties as a result of Thursday’s poll is directing keen interest in the personnel of the Legislative Council.
The Council at present consists of 37 members (the AttorneyGeneral, Sir John Findlay, having resigned). These might roughly be classified as Government, Opposition and Labour, as follows ; Speaker—The Hon. Sir C. C. Bowen, Kt. Austey (G)., Canterbury. Baillie (O)., Marlborough. Baldey (G)., Otago. Barr (Lab)., Canterbury, Beeham (G)., Auckland. Bowen (O)., Canterbury, Callan (GJ., Otago. Carncross (G)., Taranaki. Collins (Gh, Wellington. George (G),, Auckland. Gilmer (Gy, Wellington. Harris (G)., Auckland. Jeukiusou (Lab)., Wellington. Johnston (O)., Wellington. Jones (G)., Otago. Kelly (G)., Taranaki. Loughuau (G)., Wellington. Louisson (G)., Canterbury. Luke (G)., Wellington. M’Cardie (G)., Auckland. M’Gowan (G)., Auckland. M’Leau (O)., Otago. Marshall (G)., Westland. Millar (Oj., Otago. Mills (G)., Wellington. Ormond (O)., Hawke’s Bay. O’Rorke (G)., Auckland. Paul (Lab)., Otago. Pere (G)., Hawke's Bay. Rigg (Lab)., Wellington. Samuel (G)., Taranaki. Sinclair (G)., Otago. Smith (G)., Canterbury. Stevens (O)., Canterbury. Thompson (G),, Auckland. Tucker (G)., Hawke’s BayJ Wigram (G)., Canterbury.
That gives the Government 26 straight-out followers in the Council, 4 Labour and 7 Opposition. Appointments to the Council are now limited to a tenure of seven years, but the membership of the Council, as a whole, is not limited in members.
The Legislature Act provides that “the Governor may from time to time summon to the Legislative Council. . . . . . such male persons as he thinks fit ”
Appointments are, of course, made on the advice of the Ministry, and all appointments are subject to certain requirements being fulfilled. An undischarged bankrupt, for instance, or a Civil servant, cannot be appointed a member of the Council. Neither can a person who is a Government contractor. The numerical strength ot the Council is weaker now that it has been lor many years.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1084, 19 December 1911, Page 2
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305LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1084, 19 December 1911, Page 2
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