Editing Governor-general (section)

====Appointment====
[[Image:tim healy.jpg|left|thumb|[[Timothy Michael Healy|Tim Healy]], first [[Governor-General of the Irish Free State]]]]
Until the 1920s, governors general were British, and appointed on the advice of the British Government.

Following the changes to the structure of the Commonwealth in the late 1920s, in 1929, the Australian prime minister [[James Scullin]] established the right of a [[Dominion]] prime minister to advise the monarch directly on the appointment of a governor-general, by insisting that his choice ([[Isaac Isaacs]], an Australian) prevail over the recommendation of the British government. The convention was gradually established throughout the Commonwealth that the governor-general would be a citizen of the country concerned, and would be appointed on the advice of the government of that country, with no input from the British government; [[governor general of Canada]] since 1952 and [[governor-general of New Zealand]] since 1967. Since 1931 as each former Dominion has [[patriate]]d its constitution from the UK, the convention has become law, or, since 1947, when the first realms established with a patriated constitution, [[Dominion of India|India]] and [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]], were established, was always law, and no government of any realm can advise the Monarch on any matter pertaining to another realm, including the appointment of a governor-general. The monarch appoints a governor-general (in Canada: ''governor general'') as a personal representative only on the advice of the prime minister of each realm; for example, the governor-general of New Zealand is appointed by the king of New Zealand on the advice of the New Zealand prime minister, the governor-general of Tuvalu is appointed by the king of Tuvalu on the advice of the Tuvaluan prime minister, and the governor-general of Jamaica is appointed by the king of Jamaica on the advice of the Jamaican prime minister. In Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the prime minister's advice is based on the result of a vote in the national parliament.
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The formalities for appointing governors-general are not the same in all realms. For example: When appointed, a governor-general of Australia issues a proclamation in his own name, countersigned by the head of government and under the Great Seal of Australia, formally announcing that he has been appointed by the monarch's commission, previously issued also under the Great Seal of Australia.<ref>See, {{Citation |title=Proclamatrion, 28 March 2014 |url=http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/gg/Proclamation-Cosgrove.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222112352/http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/gg/Proclamation-Cosgrove.pdf |archive-date=2014-12-22 |via=gg.gov.au |mode=cs1}}</ref> The practice in Canada is to include in the governor general's proclamation of appointment, issued under the [[Great Seal of Canada]],<ref name="Proc">See, {{Citation |title=Proclamation, February 1995 |date=22 March 2006 |url=https://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SI-95-22/page-1.html |mode=cs1 |via=Justice Laws Website}}</ref> the monarch's commission naming the governor general as commander-in-chief of the [[Canadian Forces]].<ref name=Proc/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Governor-General's Role |url=http://www.gg.gov.au/governor-generals-role |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411022216/http://gg.gov.au/governor-generals-role |archive-date=11 April 2019 |access-date=27 January 2015 |website=Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia}}</ref> Also dissimilar among the realms are the powers of governors-general. The Belizean constitution provides the governor-general with the power to assent or to withhold assent to laws,<ref name="Constitution of Belize">{{Citation |title=Belize's Constitution of 1981 with Amendments through 2011 |url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Belize_2011.pdf |via=constituteproject.org |mode=cs1}}</ref> while Papua New Guinea has no requirement for royal assent at all, with laws entering into force when certified as having been passed in Parliament by the Speaker.<ref name="Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea – Section 110">{{Citation |title=Papua New Guinea's Constitution of 1975 with Amendments through 2016 |url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Papua_New_Guinea_2016.pdf |via=constituteproject.org |mode=cs1}}</ref>