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| | Governor-General - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Governor-General (or Governor General) could be instructed by the Colonial Secretary on the exercise of some of his functions and duties, such as the use or withholding of the Royal Assent from legislation. | | | Today the title Governor-General or Governor General is used in countries which recognise Queen Elizabeth II as the titular head of state, or sovereign, excluding the United Kingdom. | | | The first Governor General of India was Lord Mountbatten, who had been the last Viceroy; the second (and last) Governor General was Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari; thereafter the post was replaced with the largely identical post of non-executive President under the 1950 Indian Constitution. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General
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| | Governor General |
| | The governor general is designated by law as commander in chief of the Armed Forces, is charged with swearing in Cabinet ministers and commissioning high officials of state. | | | Although the modern office is usually regarded as descended from the British institution, the present governor general, the Rt Hon Michaëlle JEAN, is the sixty-fourth successor to Champlain, who became governor in 1627, and she is the twenty-seventh since Lord MONCK was sworn in at CONFEDERATION on 1 July 1867. | | | Jeanne SAUVÉ, the sixtieth governor general, was the first woman to be appointed to the office, and Adrienne CLARKSON, the sixty-third governor general, was the first person without a military background and the first non-white Canadian to be appointed to the vice-regal position. |
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http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0003350
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Governor General of Canada |
| | "The Queen, the Governor General and the Lieutenant Governors are the custodians of the constitution. | | | Lieutenant Governors are federal appointees: they are appointed by the Governor General, in the name of the Queen, on the advice of the Prime Minister. | | | At one point in Canada's history the Lieutenant Governors of the provinces were the representatives of the Governor General and not the Monarch. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/G/GO/GOV/Governor_General_of_Canada
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| | CBC News Indepth: Canada's Governor General |
| | The governor general is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the prime minister. | | | Before 1926, the Governor General acted as the representative of the British government in Canada. | | | The lieutenant-governors of the provinces once represented the governor general, but now act as direct representatives of the Queen. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/governorgeneral
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| | Governor General Cartoons |
| | The Governor General can then accept his resignation and call new elections, or appoint a new Prime Minister, or refuse the resignation (the last two powers are never used, but remain part of the GG's "reserve" constitutional authority). | | | This person is known as the Governor General of Canada, and is appointed by the Queen on the "advice" of the Prime Minister. | | | The Governor General's office is also a convenient place where the Prime Minister of the day can stick his faithful party buddies, as we shall see. |
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http://www.filibustercartoons.com/GGtoons.php
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| | Her Excellency Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada |
| | The Governor General almost always acts on the advice of his ministers. | | | The Governor General is the Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces. | | | The Governor General also gives Royal Assent to bills passed by the House of Commons and the Senate, reads the Speech from the Throne, signs State documents, summons, opens and ends sessions of Parliament, and dissolves Parliament for an election. |
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http://www.geocities.com/daniellla.geo/adrienne.html
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| | Role of Governor General |
| | The Queen, represented by the Governor General or an appointed deputy, gives "Royal Assent" to bills passed by the House of Commons and the Senate, thereby establishing the bills as Acts of Parliament (the laws of Canada). | | | On taking office (at a ceremony usually held in the Senate Chamber), the Governor General is accorded the title "Right Honourable" for life, and "His Excellency" or "Her Excellency" for the period in office. | | | The Office of the Governor General includes a number of responsibilities which are constitutional and traditional in nature. |
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http://www.nsd.nf.ca/HTML/Information/role.html
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| | Governor General of Canada |
| | The Governor General's flag alone bore a St. Edward's crown with the badge of Canada, the Lieutenant Governors' flags bore the provincial badges without a crown. | | | On the Governor General's flag, there is only the lion with the little crown on his head. | | | The Governor General's flag was shown centered on a white ensign. |
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http://flagspot.net/flags/ca-govg.html
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| | Texas Governor Rick Perry - Office of the General Counsel |
| | The Office of the General Counsel is a separate division within the Office of the Governor. | | | The Office of the General Counsel provides legal advice to the Governor and over 15 separate divisions within the Office of the Governor. | | | The General Counsel and assistant general counsels provide legal services in coordination with other agencies within the executive branch of Texas. |
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http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/general_counsel
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| | Governors General of Canada |
| | Parliament is the legislative branch of Government, composed of the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General), the Senate and the House of Commons. | | | The Governor General is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister. | | | As the representative of the Sovereign in Canada, the Governor General exercises virtually all of the Crowns powers. |
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http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/gg.asp?lang=E&Hist=N
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| | John B. Gordon, Georgia governor, Confederate General, Senator |
| | Characterized by splendid audacity, in 1864, he was described by General Robert E. Lee in a letter to Confederate President Jefferson Davis as being one of his best brigadiers. | | | In 1872, the Georgia General Assembly, which then selected the State's U.S. Senators, elected him to represent Georgia in Washington. | | | Although John was an outstanding student at the University of Georgia, he left before graduating and shortly thereafter moved to Atlanta, where he studied law and passed the bar. |
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http://ngeorgia.com/people/gordon.html
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| | Out of the Jungle: What's a Governor General? |
| | Canada's Governor General carries out Her Majesty's duties in Canada on a daily basis and is Canada's de facto Head of State. | | | You may have heard of the Governor General being in the news the last couple of years. | | | The Governor General is the Queen's representative in Canada. |
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http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2005/10/whats-governor-general.html
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| | Rideau Hall - Governor General's House - Ottawa Attractions |
| | As the official residence of the Governor General, Rideau Hall is a place of dignity, grace and tradition. | | | In 1867, it was acquired by the newly-formed Government of Canada as the official residence for Governor General Monck. | | | Canada's Governor General invites you to visit Rideau Hall, the home and workplace of every Governor General since Confederation in 1867, where Canadians are honoured and welcomed alongside world leaders and visitors from around the globe. |
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http://www.ottawakiosk.com/rideau_hall.html
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| | Governor General |
| | His Excellency was installed as Governor General of Jamaica at King's House on Thursday, August 1, 1991. |
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http://www.mfaft.gov.jm/Leaders/GG.htm
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| | Search Results for governor-general - Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | John Brown Gordon, a North Georgia Notable General, Governor, Senator | | | "Information on the roles and responsibilities of the Governor General. | | | in colonial Spanish America, the governor of a captaincy general, a division of a viceroyalty. |
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http://www.britannica.com/search?query=governor-general&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT
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| | BBC NEWS Americas Canada gets new governor general |
| | The Governor General gives royal assent to government bills, signs state documents and presides over the swearing-in of the prime minister, chief justice and cabinet ministers. | | | A Haitian-born journalist from Quebec has been appointed as Canada's new governor general - the representative of head of state Queen Elizabeth II. | | | The announcement makes Ms Jean Canada's first black governor general, and the third woman to hold the post. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4745373.stm
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| | Hans Frank Responsibiity_Nuremberg Tribunal |
| | Frank was appointed Governor General of the Occupied Polish Territories by a 'Hitler decree dated 12 October 1939. | | | As a loyal adherent of HitIer and the NSDAP, Frank was appointed Governor General in October 1939 of that area of Poland known as the General Government, which became the testing ground for the conspirators' program of "Lebensraum." Frank had defined justice in the field of German law as that which benefited the German nation. | | | (1) I appoint Reich Minister Dr. Frank as Governor General of the occupied Polish territories. |
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http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide/Frank.htm
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| | CNN.com - Australian governor steps aside - May. 11, 2003 |
| | As her representative, the governor general is nominal head of state, commander-in-chief of the defense forces and performs duties such as signing legislation into law and swearing-in governments. | | | The governor-general has been under pressure to resign over his handling of child sex abuse cases in Anglican schools in the state of Queensland that came to his attention when he was Archbishop of Brisbane. | | | The prime minister said that Hollingworth would consider the "dignity and the protection of the office above all other considerations." |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/05/11/aust.govgen
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| | Attorney General Applauds Governor's Appointment of Matthew Cate as Inspector General |
| | Attorney General Applauds Governor's Appointment of Matthew Cate as Inspector General | | | Prior to joining the Attorney General's office, Matt served as a Sacramento County Deputy District Attorney (1994-96) and also worked in the Sacramento law firm of Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rowher (1992-94). | | | While serving two attorneys general of different political parties he has consistently proven to be a tireless investigator committed to public service and public accountability. |
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http://caag.state.ca.us/newsalerts/2004/04-032.htm
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| | Prime Minister of Canada: Appointment of new Governor General |
| | Jean as Governor General will occur on September 27, 2005 in the Senate Chamber. | | | Prime Minister of Canada: Appointment of new Governor General | | | Michaelle Jean as the 27th Governor General of Canada on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. |
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http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news.asp?id=558
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| | CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Governor General: Letters Patent |
| | And We do further authorize and empower Our Governor General to constitute and appoint, in Our name and on Our behalf, all such Judges, Commissioners, Justices of the Peace, and other necessary Officers (including diplomatic and consular officers) and Ministers of Canada, as may be lawfully constituted or appointed by Us. | | | We do hereby constitute, order, and declare that there shall be a Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada, and appointments to the Office of Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada shall be made by Commission under Our Great Seal of Canada. | | | Even the presence of the Sovereign in the country does not superceed the authority of the Governor General. |
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http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/government/letters_patent.html
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| | The Last Governor-General: Sir Banja Tejan Sie (Mano Vision article) |
| | In that period, from independence to the proclamation of the republic, there have been two acting Governors-General: Andrew Juxon-Smith (March 1967 –April 1968) and John Ahmadu Bangura (20-22 April 1968). | | | When Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961, the post of Governor became that of Governor-General. | | | The substantive Governors-General have been Sir Maurice Dorman, who had been Governor at independence, followed by the first Sierra Leonean to hold the position, Sir Henry Josiah Lightfoot-Boston. |
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http://www.manovision.com/is18ar19.htm
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| | The Law Report: 13 May 2003 - The Standing Aside of the Governor General |
| | The view I expressed last year when this first started was that the Prime Minister and the government ought to set up an independent public inquiry, staffed by a retired judge that had credibility and appropriate natural justice, including for the Governor-General. | | | The Law Report: 13 May 2003 - The Standing Aside of the Governor General | | | And generally speaking, in order to get a Suppression Order, particularly in a civil case, you have to advance some very compelling reason why the interests of the administration of justice outweigh the public interest in open court proceedings, and its not an easy thing to do. |
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http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s852283.htm
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| | Governor |
| | Supreme Governor of the Church of England The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title held by the Church of... | | | Governor A governor is an official who heads the state or other sub-national state unit. | | | Election Results, Ohio Governor The voters of the governor for a four-year term. |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/governor.html
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| | Governor General of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | If the Governor General dies or leaves the country for more than one month, the Chief Justice of Canada (or, if that position is vacant, the senior Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada) serves as Administrator of the Government of Canada, and exercises all powers of the Governor General. | | | The Governor General acts as the Queen's vice-regal representative in Canada and is often viewed as the de facto head of state. | | | This arrangement continued after the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867; the Governor General and Lieutenant-Governors remained symbolic representatives of the Crown and of the British Government, while actual political power was vested in the Prime Minister of Canada and in the premiers, at the federal and provincial levels respectively. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada
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| | Governor General of Canada - definition of Governor General of Canada in Encyclopedia |
| | "The Queen, the Governor General and the Lieutenant Governors are the custodians of the constitution. | | | Sir Lyman Poore Duff, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, became the interim Governor General in 1940 when Lord Tweedsmuir died in office. | | | At one point in Canada's history the Lieutenant Governors of the provinces were the representatives of the Governor General and not the Monarch. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Governor_General_of_Canada
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| | Barbados Law & Government |
| | Whenever the Governor General has occasion to appoint a Prime Minister he shall, acting in his discretion, appoint the member of the House of Assembly who, in his judgment, is best able to command the confidence of a majority of the members of that House. | | | The Governor - General shall act in accordance with the advice of the Cabinet or a Minister acting under the general authority of the Cabinet in the exercise of his functions other than - a. | | | Twelve Senators shall be appointed by the Governor General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, by instrument under the Public Seal. |
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http://www.lawresearch.com/v2/global/zbb.htm
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