Frank Lindsay Bastedo

Frank Lindsay Bastedo, QC (* 1886 in Bracebridge, Ontario, † 1973) was a Canadian lawyer. From 1958 to 1963 he was vice- governor of the province of Saskatchewan.

Biography

Bastedo graduated in 1909 his law studies at the University of Toronto from. Two years later he moved to Regina and joined a law firm. From 1921 to 1924 he headed in Regina the local section of the Conservative Party, but aspired to a political office. 1927 Bastedo was appointed Queen's Counsel. As such, he represented cases before the Supreme Court in Ottawa and before the Justice Committee of the Privy Council in London.

Governor General Vincent Massey sworn Bastedo on February 3, 1958 as the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. This office is usually purely ceremonial in nature, but has the Deputy Governor as the representative of the Canadian monarch theoretically the right to veto laws. Bastedo refused in 1961 one delivered up by the government of Woodrow Stanley Lloyd Act, the consent and led it on to the Governor-General for assessment. The Governor-General would only be able to give its consent if the federal government approved the law. It was the first time since 1937 that a deputy governor refused to consent ( 1937, John Campbell Bowen three laws of Alberta government declared unconstitutional ).

The rejected law covered changes to certain mining rights for mineral resources. Bastedo complained that the law concerns hundreds of mining rights and that it had effects that would not be standing in the public interest; therefore the lawfulness into doubt. Bastedos advisers had warned him in vain before this step, even he had not consulted with the federal government. The federal government of John Diefenbaker then issued a decree by which the law could still apply. It was the most recent time that a deputy governor had refused to consent. Bastedo remained until March 1, 1963 at the office.