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dominion status was the term chosen to describe the position of the self-governing member states of the inter-war Commonwealth.They were to be regarded, proclaimed the 1926 imperial conference, as ‘autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, although united by a common allegiance ...
Search for: 'dominion status' in Oxford Reference ». Was the term chosen to describe the position of the self‐governing member states of the inter‐war Commonwealth. They were to be regarded, proclaimed the 1926 imperial conference, as ‘autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another’.
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- Introduction
- What Does Dominion Status Mean?
- The History and Purpose of Dominion Status
- Dominion Status, Balfour, and The Statute of Westminster, 1931
- Conclusion
This article discusses how the most prominent model of Dominion status came to be, with particular reference to Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The initial focus is on the history, purpose, and meaning of Dominion status. The article explores the idea, expressed by some commentators at the time, that the Dominions were effectively seeking in th...
K. C. Wheare began his discussion of Dominion status in 1926 with the question that I propose to address, but voiced (in Wheare’s version) by a former Prime Minister: “What does ‘Dominion status’ mean,” asked Mr. Lloyd George in the House of Commons on December 14, 1921.3 The context then was House approval of the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty...
3.1. An American prelude
Although we are well aware of a shared Anglo-American common law heritage, regarding the law of contract for instance, we tend to think of the constitutional systems in the British and American traditions as fairly distinct. The first is still based in the relative flexibility of sovereignty of Parliament and exceptional judicial review of legislation, whereas the second is the global model for a supreme, entrenched constitutional law and expansive judicial review. And yet, at one time these...
3.2. The relevance of this American prelude to later Imperial developments
The last two of these American phases are of particular interest as they articulated in eighteenth-century form the sort of vision that would be behind the formalization of Dominion status that occurred in 1926–1931. W. P. M. Kennedy was acutely aware of these similarities in the mid-1920s, and, according to his account of the matter, he made sure that the analogy was made known to those preparing for the 1926 Imperial Conference.27 To make his point, Kennedy set out six quotations describing...
3.3. How “self-governing” Dominion status was achieved
New Zealand was, in 1852, the first to acquire a national constitution, although colonies in what were to become Canada and then Australia had, like their American counterparts, by this time already acquired constitutions and institutions.33And they were well on their way to achieving responsible government. For the purposes of this article, I will focus on the acquisition of national constitutions, though it will be important to remember that, in the case of Canada and Australia, smaller ent...
By the 1920s, following a world war in which Dominion armies had fought in separate units and Dominion leaders had separately signed the peace treaty at Versailles, there were increasing calls for an end to the ongoing vestiges of subordination to the Mother Country. Canada was most insistent, while New Zealand and Australia were fairly reluctant p...
This article attempts to explain Dominion status by various means. First, it notes that the word “Dominion” has had different meanings over time, even though it is most closely associated with the status acquired by Australia, Canada, Ireland, Newfoundland, New Zealand, and South Africa in the years 1926 to 1931. Second, Dominion status in 1926–193...
- Peter C Oliver
- 2019
Mar 24, 2024 · dominion, the status, prior to 1939, of each of the British Commonwealth countries of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, Eire, and Newfoundland. Although there was no formal definition of dominion status, a pronouncement by the Imperial Conference of 1926 described Great Britain and the dominions as “autonomous ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dominion status was formally accorded to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, and the Irish Free State at the 1926 Imperial Conference to designate "autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by ...
1907), to make a single Dominion called the Union of South Africa. When the southern counties of Ireland, as the Irish Free State, became the sixth Dominion in 1922, the seeds of complete transition were sown. Dominion status was a halfway house between colonial status and independence. It proved short-lived because the six Dominions could
Jul 14, 2017 · First, it notes that the word ‘Dominion’ has had different meanings over time, even though it is most closely associated with the status acquired by Australia, Canada, Ireland, Newfoundland, New Zealand and South Africa in the years 1926-1931. Second, Dominion status in 1926- 31 is compared to the constitutional claims made a century and a ...
