governor-general-in-council

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the governor general acting with the advice and consent of the Privy Council of Canada as a formal instrument for legalizing cabinet decisions.

In present-day practice the term Governor-General-in-Council refers to the cabinet acting with the formal approval of the Governor General.

Quotations

1885

Petitions of this nature should be addressed to "His Excellency the Governor-General in Council."

1902 [?]

He gave notice he would offer an amendment entrusting the protection of navigation to the governor-general-in-council.

1959

It is true that lately the Governor-General-in-Council has commuted to life imprisonment about ninety percent of death sentences.

1963

The members of the second chamber, the Legislative-Council, were appointed by the Governor General in Council for life.