Imperial Conference of 1926

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Imperial Conference intergovernmental conference

The Imperial Conference of 1926 was a key meeting of leaders from the British Empire that declared the Dominions to be autonomous and equal in status to the United Kingdom, laying the groundwork for their legislative independence.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Imperial Conferences	2
1926 Imperial Conference	1
Balfour Declaration of 1926 (Imperial Conference)	1
Imperial Conference of 1930	1
Imperial Conference, 1926	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Conference ⓘ intergovernmental conference ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Imperial Conference of 1926 ⓘ surface form: 1926 Imperial Conference Imperial Conference of 1926 ⓘ surface form: Imperial Conference, 1926
appliesToJurisdiction	Dominions of the British Empire ⓘ
chairperson	Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
country	British Empire ⓘ
describedAs	turning point in evolution of the British Empire into the Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
endTime	1926-11-23 ⓘ
followedBy	Imperial Conference of 1930 ⓘ Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
hasEffect	development of concept of Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ foundation for legislative independence of Dominions ⓘ recognition of Dominions as autonomous communities within the British Empire ⓘ recognition of Dominions as equal in status to the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasParticipant	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Irish Free State ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ island of Newfoundland ⓘ surface form: Newfoundland Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalPeriod	interwar period ⓘ
influenced	constitutional development of Australia ⓘ constitutional development of Canada ⓘ constitutional development of Irish Free State ⓘ constitutional development of New Zealand ⓘ constitutional development of South Africa ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	constitutional equality of Dominions and United Kingdom ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf	Imperial Conference of 1926 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imperial Conferences
precededBy	Imperial Conference of 1923 ⓘ
significantDocument	Balfour Declaration ⓘ surface form: Balfour Declaration of 1926
significantPerson	Arthur Balfour ⓘ Gordon Coates ⓘ J. B. M. Hertzog ⓘ Stanley Bruce ⓘ William Lyon Mackenzie King ⓘ
significantResolution	Dominions are autonomous communities within the British Empire ⓘ Dominions are equal in status and in no way subordinate to one another ⓘ United Kingdom and Dominions are freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
startTime	1926-10-19 ⓘ
topic	constitutional relations within the British Empire ⓘ defence policy within the Empire ⓘ foreign policy coordination ⓘ status of Dominions ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Imperial Conference of 1926 → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Conference of 1926 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1926 Imperial Conference

Imperial Conference of 1926 → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Conference of 1926 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Conference, 1926

Statute of Westminster 1931 → follows → Imperial Conference of 1926 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Conference of 1930

British Dominions → formalizedBy → Imperial Conference of 1926 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Conferences

British Dominions → mentionedIn → Imperial Conference of 1926 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balfour Declaration of 1926 (Imperial Conference)

Imperial Conference of 1926 → partOf → Imperial Conference of 1926 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Conferences