The difference between responsible government and representative government is that responsible government is a government subject to the votes of the people and the representative government is a government made up of officials elected to office by the people.
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Representative governments are where elected officials make decisions for the rest of the people. A responsible government is simply a government that is responsible. Did you mean democratic or republic or monarchy?
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"Responsible government" in the context of Canadian history refers to the executive being responsible to the legislature, and ultimately responsible to the voters.
The legislature was representative, in the sense that the eligible voters elected the members of the legislature, but the executive was not responsible to the legislature.
The members of the executive were appointed by the lieutenant governor. They were not members of the legislature. They were not elected by the eligible voters. The executive could govern despite the actions and decisions of the legislature and despite what the voters wanted.
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1 difference is that the crown colonies have crown-administered governors and councils where the crown gives the final say to any decisions, laws and choices made whereas in the old representative government, the governor selected by crown executes the laws made by the council.The power in such a government is split between the governor and the council.
A national government governs a whole country. Local government is just responsible for a part of a country, like a town council or a regional council. They do not have as much power as the government and only deal with issues within their particular regions.
were not represented in the British Parliament
the old representative consist of a governor the council and the assembly while the crown colony consist of a governor executive council and a legislative council.