| From: | Andrew Murdoch toreador@***.bc.ca |
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| Subject: | [OT] Re: FYI Aust's constitutional Monarchy. WasRe: UCAS - How |
| Date: | Sat, 7 Oct 2000 11:01:26 -0700 (PDT) |
> Ok, from memory, I'll do the Australian version, thinking that the Canadian
> version will be similar.
> Australia is what we like to call a constitutional monarchy, in that, our
> constitution has the Queen of England as the head of state. (Well, actually
> the ruler, but currently it's the Queen). The queen has a representive who
> is known as the Govenor General. (The states also have a State Govenor)
This is, give or take, identical to the Canadian Version, as we're also a
constitutional monarchy, have a Governor General as the Queen's
representative in Canada, and also have a Lieutenant Governor for each
Province.
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Andrew C. Murdoch
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