Frank Lindsay Bastedo

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Frank Lindsay Bastedo , QC (* 1886 in Bracebridge , Ontario , † 1973 ) was a Canadian attorney . From 1958 to 1963 he was lieutenant governor of the Saskatchewan Province .

biography

Bastedo graduated from the University of Toronto with a law degree in 1909 . Two years later he moved to Regina and joined a law firm. From 1921 to 1924 he headed the local section of the Conservative Party in Regina , but did not seek political office. In 1927 Bastedo was appointed Crown Attorney . As such, he has represented cases before the Supreme Court in Ottawa and the Justice Commission of the Privy Council in London .

Governor General Vincent Massey swore in Bastedo on February 3, 1958 as Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. As a rule, this office is of a purely ceremonial nature, although the vice governor, as the representative of the Canadian monarch, theoretically has the right to veto laws. Bastedo refused to approve a law passed by the Woodrow Stanley Lloyd government in 1961 and passed it on to the Governor General for assessment. The governor general would only be able to give his approval if the federal government passed the law. It was the first time since 1937 that a lieutenant governor refused to approve (in 1937 John Campbell Bowen had ruled three Alberta government laws unconstitutional).

The rejected bill affected changes to certain mineral rights. Bastedo complained that the law affected hundreds of claims and that it had effects that were not in the public interest; therefore the legality should be called into question. Bastedo's advisors had warned him against this step in vain, nor had he consulted with the federal government. The federal government of John Diefenbaker then issued a decree by which the law could still come into force. It was the last time a lieutenant governor refused to approve. Bastedo remained in office until March 1, 1963.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brian Cole: Ottawa's viceroy. In: Winnipeg Free Press , Nov. 18, 1996.
  2. ↑ James R. Mallory: The Lieutenant-Governor's Discretionary Powers: The Reservation of Bill 56. In: The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science = Revue canadienne d'Economique et de Science politique. Vol. 27, No. 4, November 1961, ZDB -ID 218118-6 , pp. 518-522.
personal data
SURNAME Bastedo, Frank Lindsay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
DATE OF BIRTH 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Bracebridge , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH 1973