1869–1872 Fox Ministry
The Third Fox Ministry was a responsible government which held power in New Zealand from June 1869 to September 1872. Although William Fox (politician), William Fox was the head of the government, he was never appointed Prime Minister of New Zealand, Premier as that office had yet to be established, although he did resign the office at the end of his tenure. The Ministry was also known as the Fox-Vogel Ministry as most of the agenda was set by the Treasurer, while Fox busied himself with administrative affairs and moral crusades such as the attempted introduction of local option polls for liquor licensing. Background The provincialist faction behind William Fox defeated the 1865-1869 Stafford Ministry, Stafford Ministry in 1869 with a 40–29 no-confidence motion over the sacking of Donald McLean (New Zealand politician), Donald McLean as Government Agent in the Native Department. McLean, also a Member of the House of Representatives, was appointed Minister for Māori Development, ...
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Responsible Government
Responsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability, the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy. Governments (the equivalent of the executive branch) in Westminster democracies are responsible to parliament rather than to the monarch, or, in a colonial context, to the imperial government, and in a republican context, to the president, either in full or in part. If the parliament is bicameral, then the government is usually responsible first to the parliament's lower house, which is more representative than the upper house, as it usually has more members and they are always directly elected. Responsible government of parliamentary accountability manifests itself in several ways. Ministers account to Parliament for their decisions and for the performance of their departments. This requirement to make announcements and to answer questions in Parliament means that ministers must h ...
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