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Belize
Crown Colony, 1871-1935
Belize
Crown Colony, 1871-1935
The governor and his appointed council governed British
Honduras after it was declared a crown colony in 1871. The exact
composition of the council varied over the years, but its
membership until 1936 was always restricted to official members,
who held key appointive positions in the colonial administration,
and unofficial members, who were appointed by the governor. In
drafting a new constitution, the old Legislative Assembly withheld
a power from the new governor. Unlike the governors of other crown
colonies, the governor of British Honduras lacked reserve powers,
the right to enact laws in emergency situations without the consent
of the Legislative Council. But in 1932, the Legislative Council
agreed to grant reserve powers to the British Honduran governor in
exchange for urgently needed British financial assistance in the
wake of a devastating hurricane the previous year.
Data as of January 1992
