Re: A Canadian King, please

CJ Buyers <susuhanan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: On Aug 22, 3:32?am, Donald4564 <dbi...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:> > Hmm, sounds like they forgot to defend Canada somewhere along the
:> > line.
:>
:> In between this verbal exchange of pleasantries I am reminded of the
:> situation in 1931 when Sir Isaac Isaacs, an eminent Australian jurist
:> was put forward as a candidate to become Governor-General of
:> Australia. Apparently His Late Majesty, King George V was dead against
:> having a citizen assuming the vice-regal function in his own country.
:> His Late Majesty had no problem with a citizen elevated to such a
:> role, however He was of the mind that an Australian should take the
:> post in Canada, a Canadian in New Zealand and so on.
:>
:> Of course politicians got in the way and were very strong in their
:> 'advice' to the Sovereign - so this sensible scheme was never put in
:> place. Australia continued after Sir Isaac Isaacs to receive
:> superannuated Brits in the post - and in the role of State Governors
:> until the 1980's.
:>
:> Whilst most Brits handled the roles without controversy or animosity
:> on the part of Australians, I feel that if the King's suggestion had
:> been taken up, we would have had the opportunity today to have had
:> many erstwhile Commonwealth citizens in vice-regal roles which
:> certainly would have removed the taint of the Empire having been
:> centralised in London - a view that has unfortunately persisted and
:> ultimately led to the latterly wide-held belief that we are all
:> foreigners to one another. (Yes I know that unwarranted legislation
:> has been passed in some areas to reinforce this view).
:>
: However, there were several such cross country appointments of
: colonial governors, not many, but some interesting ones. A former PM
: of New Zealand. Two or three Canadian provincial ex-premiers served in
: the West Indies. A Jamaican in the Leeward Islands. A Chinese in
: Trinidad. A Barbadian in Guyana. A Maltese in several Australian
: States. These being in addition to more usual examples where people
: from one place or another joined the British colonial service and rose
: up through the ranks. There was one Canadian who, I think, ended his
: career as Governor-General of somewhere like Mauritius.

And a few colonial governors wound up as the first Governors-General
of new Dominions...one did so twice!

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