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This a previous edition. For the latest publication, consult
House of Commons Procedure and Practice
, Third Edition, 2017
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Table of Contents
Home Page
Introductory Pages
Parliamentary Institutions
Parliaments and Ministries
Introduction
Majority Supporting the Government
The Confidence Convention
Duration of a Parliament and a Ministry
Notes 1-50
Notes 51-59
Privileges and Immunities
The House of Commons and Its Members
Parliamentary Procedure
The Physical and Administrative Setting
The Speaker and Other Presiding Officers of the House
The Parliamentary Cycle
Sittings of the House
The Daily Program
Questions
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Rules of Order and Decorum
The Curtailment of Debate
Special Debates
The Legislative Process
Delegated Legislation
Financial Procedures
Committees of the Whole House
Committees
Private Members’ Business
Public Petitions
Private Bills Practice
The Parliamentary Record
Appendices
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[51]
“We Twa”, Reminiscences of Lord and Lady Aberdeen
, Volume II, London: W. Collins Sons & Co., 1925, pp. 32-4.
[52]
See “
We Twa
”, pp. 35-7, for a description of the circumstances from the Governor General’s point of view.
[53]
For an Australian example, see
House of Representatives Practice
, 3
rd
ed., p. 87.
[54]
In early 1896, seven Ministers (half the Cabinet) resigned and it took several days to reconstruct the Cabinet (see
Debates
, January 7 to 15, 1896, cols. 5-71). The death or dismissal of several Ministers could result in similar circumstances for the government, and thus a similar adjournment of the proceedings in the House, should it be sitting at the time.
[55]
See, for example,
Journals
, January 7 to 15, 1896, pp. 7-13, and
Debates
, January 7 to 15, 1896, cols. 5-71. See also
Bourinot
, 2
nd
ed., pp. 795-6.
[56]
See, for example,
Debates
, November 5 to 7, 1873, pp. 781-7, and June 8, 1891, cols. 888-91. See also
Journals
, June 28, 1926, p. 483.
[57]
See
Debates
, November 5 to 7, 1873, pp. 781-7, and June 28, 1926, pp. 5096-7.
[58]
See Speaker’s ruling,
Debates
, June 28, 1926, p. 5096. See also
Bourinot
, 4
th
ed., p. 355.
[59]
See, for example,
Debates
, November 7, 1873, pp. 785-6 (following resignation of Macdonald); June 16, 1891, cols. 891-2 (following death of Macdonald); January 15, 1896, cols. 69-71 (following resolution of Bowell Cabinet crisis); and
Journals
, June 29, 1926, pp. 485-6 (following resignation of Mackenzie King).