Frank Lindsay Bastedo
| Frank Lindsay Bastedo | |
|---|---|
| 11th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan | |
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In office February 3, 1958 – March 1, 1963 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Vincent Massey Georges Vanier |
| Premier |
Tommy Douglas Woodrow Lloyd |
| Preceded by | William John Patterson |
| Succeeded by | Robert Hanbidge |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 12, 1886 Bracebridge, Ontario |
| Died |
December 9, 1973 (aged 87) Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Profession | Politician |
Frank Lindsay Bastedo, QC (April 12, 1886 – December 9, 1973), was a Canadian lawyer who served as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. He is notable for being one of the few Canadian vice-regal representatives to refuse to give royal assent to a legislative bill.
He was a descendant of Peter McMicking (1731–1823), a United Empire Loyalist, and also with Spanish ancestral origins. Bastedo earned his law degree from the University of Toronto in 1909. He moved to Regina two years later to join a law firm there. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1927.
A Conservative by party, he headed Regina's Conservative Association from 1921 to 1924 but did not seek the party's nomination for elected office.
Bastedo was appointed lieutenant-governor on the advice of Progressive Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in 1958.
The lieutenant-governor, like the Governor-General of Canada is a largely ceremonial position, however, as the Queen's representative he does have rarely used reserve powers to veto legislation. Bastedo employed the little-used power to reserve a bill (that is, withhold assent and send the bill to the Governor General of Canada who would grant assent only if the federal Cabinet agrees) proposed by Saskatchewan's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Woodrow Lloyd in 1961. This was the first time a lieutenant-governor had refused royal assent in Canada since 1937 when Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta John C. Bowen reserved three bills proposed by the Social Credit government of William Aberhart as unconstitutional.
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