NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Governors of Tasmania

The Governor of Tasmania is the representatives in the Australian state of Tasmania of Australia's head of state, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The Governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level. Image File history File links Tasmanian_Governors_Flag. ... Image File history File links Tasmanian_Governors_Flag. ... Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is Queen of sixteen independent nations known as the Commonwealth Realms (and has previously been Queen of sixteen others). ... Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, in 1952 and 2002 The title Queen of Australia has existed since 1973, when the Parliament of Australia passed the Royal Style and Titles Act (1973). ... Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of Australia The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australias head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, who lives in the United Kingdom. ...

In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system of parliamentary government, the Governor nearly always acts solely on the advice of the head of the elected government, the Premier of Tasmania. Nevertheless, the Governor retains the reserve powers of the Crown, and has the right to dismiss the Premier. The Westminster System - also called Parliamentary System is a democratic system of government modelled after that of the United Kingdom system, as used in the Palace of Westminster, the location of the British parliament. ... Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Tasmania. ... A reserve power is a power that may be exercised by the head of state of a country in certain exceptional circumstances. ...

See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. The Governors of the Australian states are the representatives in the six states of Australia of Australias head of state, Queen Elizabeth II. The Governors perform the same constitutional and ceremonial functions in the states as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level. ...

Lieutenant-Governors

Lieutenant-Governor David Collins R.M. was the inaugral Governor of the Colony of Van Diemens Land, founded in 1804, which in 1901 became the state of Tasmania in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... Major General Sir George Arthur (1784-1854) was Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (March 23, 1838-1839?). Sir George Arthur, Baronet. ... For the American historian, see John Hope Franklin Sir John Franklin, FRGS (April 15, 1786 â€“ June 11, 1847) was an English sea captain and Arctic explorer, who died on an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. ... Sir William Thomas Denison KCB (Born May 3, 1804, England; Died January 19, 1871, England}. Governor of New South Wales January 20, 1855 - January 22, 1861. ...

Governors

Categories: Lists of office-holders | Governors of Tasmania Sir Henry Edward Fox Young (1808–1870) was the fifth Governor of South Australia, serving in that role from 2 August 1848 until 20 December 1854. ... Sir Thomas Robert Gore Browne (July 3, 1807- April 17, 1887) was a Governor of St Helena, Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Tasmania and Governor of Bermuda. ... Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, GCMG (1823â€“1891), , was a New Zealand politician and a governor of various British colonies. ... Arthur Havelock James Doyle (February 21, 1858 â€“ February 19, 1948) was a career British colonial governor, serving as Governor of Sierra Leone from 1880, of Natal, of Madras, of Ceylon from 1890 to 1895, and of Tasmania from 1901 to 1904. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Major-General Sir Harry Barron was Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913, and Governor of Western Australia from 1913 to 1917. ... Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney (1852-1924) was Governor of Tasmania from 1913 to 1917, and Governor of Western Australia from 1917 to 1920. ... Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate was Governor of Tasmania from 1917 to 1920, and Governor of Western Australia from 1920 to 1924. ... Sir William Lamond Allardyce (1861-1930) was a career British civil servant in the Colonial Office who served as governor of the Falkland Islands (1904-1914), Bahamas (1914-1920), Tasmania (1920-1922), and Newfoundland (1922-1928). ... Sir Ernest Clark was Governor of Tasmania between 1933-45; Private papers can be found at the Morris Miller Library <http://www. ... Ronald Hibbert Cross (1896-1968 was a British politician who held a number of ministerial posts during the Second World War. ... Sir Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, KT Born in Chelsea, London, on December 19, 1895, Thomas Corbett succeeded as the 2nd Baron Rowallan on March 19, 1933. ... Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Gairdner was Governor of Western Australia from 1951 to 1963, and Governor of Tasmania from 1963 to 1968. ... Lieutenant General Sir Edric Montague Bastyan, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB (1903â€“1980) was Governor of South Australia from 4 April 1961 until 1 June 1968 then Governor of Tasmania from 2 December 1968 until 30 November 1973. ... Sir Stanley Charles Burbury (3 December 1909â€“24 April 1995) was the Governor of Tasmania from 1973 to 1982. ... Sir Phillip Harvey Bennett, AC, KBE, DSO (27 December 1928) was the Governor of Tasmania from 1987 to 1995. ... Sir Guy Green was the Governor of Tasmania from 1995 to 2003. ... Richard Butler (born May 13, 1942) served as an Australian diplomat, United Nations weapons inspector, and Governor of Tasmania. ... His Excellency the Honourable William (Bill) J. E. Cox, AC, RFD, ED ( born April 1, 1936 in Hobart, Tasmania) has been Governor of Tasmania since 15 December 2004, prior to which he was the states Chief Justice. ...