 | Jacob Abbot Cummings - Geography - 1821 - 366 pages
...British government is a limited monarchy^ It consists ot a king, who is a hereditary and independent sovereign, a hereditary house of lords, and the house...in a great measure independent both of the king and the two houses of parliament. Commerce. Commerce and manufactures have rendered the English one of... | |
 | Andrew Findlater - Geography - 1864 - 168 pages
...(that is, the King or Queen) ; the House of Lords, which consists of hereditary Peers, and Bishops ; and the House of Commons, the members of which are elected by the people. No law can be made without the agreement of these three powers, but the sovereign executes the laws... | |
 | Bennett George Johns - 1866 - 172 pages
...(that is, the King or Queen) ; the House of Lords, which consists of hereditary Peers, and Bishops; and the House of Commons, the members of which are elected by the people. No law can be made without the agreement of these three powers, but the sovereign executes the laws... | |
 | Sir Arthur James Richens Trendell - Australia - 1886 - 624 pages
...under the Great Seal of the Dominion, on the nomination of the Ministry for the time being ; and a House of Commons, the members of which are elected by the people, under a very wide suffrage. The Ministry, to whom the administration of the several departments of... | |
 | Westel Woodbury Willoughby - Citizenship - 1898 - 346 pages
...the most part, upon birth, yet, as a matter of fact, all the real governing power is in the hands of the House of Commons, the members of which are elected by the people. In all of the civilized states of the world popular government has made great strides during the nineteenth... | |
 | Rinaldo Stroppa-Quaglia - World War, 1914-1918 - 1914 - 328 pages
...the House of Lords (whose members hold office by hereditary right or are appointed by the sovereign) and the House of Commons (the members of which are elected by the people). EAKL KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM, WAR MINISTER RIGHT HONORABLE WINSTON CHURCHILL, FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY... | |
 | Frederick E. Drinker - World War, 1914-1918 - 1917 - 502 pages
...very largely upon that of the mother country. The ministry of the day holds office at the pleasure of the House of Commons, the members of which are elected by the people. At the head of the affairs is a GovernorGeneral, who is appointed by the crown and paid by the people... | |
 | Kelly Miller - World War, 1914-1918 - 1919 - 748 pages
...very largely upon that of the mother country. The ministry of the day holds office at the pleasure of the House of Commons, the members of which are elected by the people. At the head of the affairs is a GovernorGeneral, who is appointed by the crown and paid by the people... | |
 | Scott A. Thompson - 1993 - 76 pages
...Crown in Canada are exercised on the advice of a Cabinet responsible to, and having the confidence of, the House of Commons, the members of which are elected by the people. The powers of the Crown are normally exercised in the Queen's name by her personal representative,... | |
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The ministry of the day holds office at the pleasure of the House of Commons, the members of which are elected by the people. 