Governor of Western Australia

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constitutional office vice-regal office

The Governor of Western Australia is the King’s representative in the state, performing constitutional, ceremonial, and community duties within the Westminster system of government.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Governor of Western Australia canonical	22
Governor of Western Australia (as sole executive authority)	1
Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional office ⓘ vice-regal office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Western Australia ⓘ
appointedBy	King of Australia ⓘ King of Australia ⓘ surface form: Monarch of Australia
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of Australia
associatedWith	Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ
category	Governors of Western Australian states and territories ⓘ
ceremonialRole	host of state ceremonies and receptions ⓘ patron of various Western Australian organisations ⓘ
constitutingInstrument	Constitution of Western Australia ⓘ surface form: Constitution Act 1889 (Western Australia) Letters Patent relating to the Office of Governor of the State of Western Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
firstHolder	Captain James Stirling ⓘ
formationYear	1828 ⓘ
governmentSystem	Westminster system ⓘ
hasInsignia	Badge of the Governor of Western Australia ⓘ
hasResidence	Government House, Perth ⓘ
hasSymbol	Flag of the Governor of Western Australia ⓘ
jurisdiction	Western Australia ⓘ surface form: State of Western Australia
memberOf	Executive Council of Western Australia ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude	Kerry Sanderson ⓘ Kim Beazley ⓘ
officeType	state governor ⓘ
oversees	Government of Western Australia ⓘ
performsFunction	acts on advice of the Premier and Executive Council ⓘ appoints Premier of Western Australia ⓘ appoints ministers of the Government of Western Australia ⓘ ceremonial duties ⓘ community duties ⓘ constitutional duties ⓘ dissolves Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ gives Royal Assent to bills passed by the Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ issues writs for state elections ⓘ prorogues Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ summons Parliament of Western Australia ⓘ
predecessorOffice	Governor of Western Australia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia
represents	King of Australia ⓘ King of Australia ⓘ surface form: Monarch of Australia
residenceCity	Perth ⓘ
residesIn	Government House, Perth ⓘ
role	King’s representative in Western Australia ⓘ constitutional head of state in Western Australia ⓘ
seat	Perth ⓘ
style	Her Excellency ⓘ His Excellency ⓘ
subordinateTo	King of Australia ⓘ King of Australia ⓘ surface form: Monarch of Australia
termLength	at the King’s pleasure ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Australia → headOfStateRepresentativeTitle → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Government of Western Australia → representativeOfHeadOfState → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Governor of Western Australia → predecessorOffice → Governor of Western Australia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia

the Crown in right of each Australian state → representedBy → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

subject surface form: Crown in right of Western Australia

Crown of Australia → representedBy → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Cabinet of Western Australia → appointedBy → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Cabinet of Western Australia → advises → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Cabinet of Western Australia → seeAlso → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Constitution of Western Australia → regulates → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Australian state governors → officeHoldersInclude → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Government House, Perth → occupant → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Executive Council of Western Australia → advises → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Executive Council of Western Australia → headedBy → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Executive Council of Western Australia → presidedOverBy → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Flag of the Governor of Western Australia → represents → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Flag of the Governor of Western Australia → usedBy → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Badge of the Governor of Western Australia → usedBy → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Captain James Stirling → positionHeld → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

subject surface form: James Stirling

Letters Patent relating to the Office of Governor of the State of Western Australia → definesOffice → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Letters Patent relating to the Office of Governor of the State of Western Australia → definesPowersOf → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Letters Patent relating to the Office of Governor of the State of Western Australia → definesFunctionsOf → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Kerry Sanderson → positionHeld → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Acts of Parliament of Western Australia → requireAssentFrom → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (as chief ministerial role) → precededBy → Governor of Western Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor of Western Australia (as sole executive authority)