Executive Power.
58. [Appointment of Lieutenant Governors of Provinces.] For each
Province there shall be an Officer, styled the Lieutenant Governor,
appointed by the Governor General in Council by Instrument under the
Great Seal of Canada.
59. [Tenure of Office of Lieutenant Governor.] A Lieutenant Governor
shall hold Office during the Pleasure of the Governor General; but
any Lieutenant Governor appointed after the Commencement of the First
Session of the Parliament of Canada shall not be removeable within Five
Years from his Appointment, except for Cause assigned, which shall be
communicated to him in Writing within One Month after the Order for his
Removal is made, and shall be communicated by Message to the Senate and
to the House of Commons within One Week thereafter if the Parliament is
then sitting, and if not then within One Week after the Commencement of
the next Session of the Parliament.
60. [Salaries of Lieutenant Governors.] The Salaries of the Lieutenant
Governors shall be fixed and provided by the Parliament of Canada.
61. [Oaths, &c. of Lieutenant Governor.] Every Lieutenant Governor
shall, before assuming the Duties of his Office, make and subscribe
before the Governor General or some Person authorized by him Oaths of
Allegiance and Office similar to those taken by the Governor General.
62. [Application of provisions referring to Lieutenant Governor.] The
Provisions of this Act referring to the Lieutenant Governor extend and
apply to the Lieutenant Governor for the Time being of each Province or
other the Chief Executive Officer or Administrator for the Time being
carrying on the Government of the Province, by whatever Title he is
designated.
63. [Appointment of Executive Officers for Ontario and Quebec.] The
Executive Council of Ontario and of Quebec shall be composed of such
Persons as the Lieutenant Governor from Time to Time thinks fit, and
in the first instance of the following Officers, namely,--the Attorney
General, the Secretary and Registrar of the Province, the Treasurer of
the Province, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Public Works, with in Quebec, the Speaker of the
Legislative Council and the Solicitor General.
64. [Executive Government of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.] The
Constitution of the Executive Authority in each of the Provinces of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act,
continue as it exists at the Union until altered under the Authority of
this Act.
65. [Powers to be exercised by Lieutenant Governor of Ontario or Quebec
with Advice, or alone.] All Powers, Authorities, and Functions which
under any Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the
Legislature of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, or Canada, were or are before
or at the Union vested in or exerciseable by the respective Governors
or Lieutenant Governors of those Provinces, with the Advice or with the
Advice and Consent of the respective Executive Councils thereof, or in
conjunction with those Councils, or with any Number of Members thereof,
or by those Governors or Lieutenant Governors individually, shall,
as far as the same are capable of being exercised after the Union in
relation to the Government of Ontario and Quebec respectively, be vested
in and shall or may be exercised by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
and Quebec respectively, with the Advice or with the Advice and Consent
of or in conjunction with the respective Executive Councils, or any
Members thereof, or by the Lieutenant Governor individually, as the Case
requires, subject nevertheless (except with respect to such as exist
under Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,) to be abolished or
altered by the respective Legislatures of Ontario and Quebec.
66. [Application of provisions referring to Lieutenant Governor in
Council.] The Provisions of this Act referring to the Lieutenant
Governor in Council shall be construed as referring to the Lieutenant
Governor of the Province acting by and with the Advice of the Executive
Council thereof.
67. [Administration in Absence, &c. of Lieutenant Governor.] The
Governor General in Council may from Time to Time appoint an
Administrator to execute the Office and Functions of Lieutenant
Governor during his Absence, Illness, or other Inability.
68. [Seats of Provincial Governments.] Unless and until the Executive
Government of any Province otherwise directs with respect to that
Province, the Seats of Government of the Provinces shall be as follows,
namely,--of Ontario, the City of Toronto; of Quebec, the City of Quebec;
of Nova Scotia, the City of Halifax; and of New Brunswick, the City of
Fredericton.
Legislative Power.