Three Ways of Dissolving Parliament
In his famous treatise Commentaries on the Laws of England, Blackstone identified that dissolution can occur through one of three ways:
“1. By the king’s will […];
2. By a demise of the crown […];
3. By length of time.”[1]
Under Responsible Government, where Ministers of the Crown take responsibility for all acts of the Crown and the Crown acts on ministerial advice, dissolution by “the king’s will” now means dissolution by the prime minister’s or premier’s will. All dissolutions of the Parliament of Canada since 1867 have occurred under this method, and based on what I’ve seen in the last ten years of researching this field, the premiers have effected all dissolutions of the provincial legislatures since 1867 as well. (But if someone can find a contrary example, please do let me know – because that would prove most interesting). The first minister…
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