- Benjamin Pine
Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine (1809–1891) was at various times administrator of Natal, the Gold Coast,
Antigua , the Leeward Islands andWestern Australia .Life
Born in 1809, Benjamin Pine became a career officer in the British Colonial Service. From 1850 to 1855, he was
Lieutenant-Governor of Natal Colony , and from March 1857 until17 April 1858 wasGovernor of the Gold Coast .On
30 July 1868 , Pine was appointed byletters patent to the position ofGovernor of Western Australia . Shortly afterwards, however, a vacancy occurred for the position ofGovernor of the Leeward Islands , and it was decided that he should fill that position instead. He never arrived inWestern Australia , and six months passed before the colony received news that he would not be coming.Pine served as Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1869 until 1871. His title then became
Governor of Antigua until 1873, but the Leeward Islands continued under his governorship. He died in 1891.tatus as Governor of Western Australia
In Burt (1996), Sir
Francis Burt , who was alawyer , ajudge and himself a former Governor of Western Australia, analysed the question whether Pine should be considered to have served as Governor of Western Australia. He concluded that the appointment by letters patent, together with the publication of that appointment in the newspapers of the colony, legally implied that Pine was Governor of Western Australia, even though he never arrived at the colony and was never sworn in.Political Summary
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*cite journal|author=Burt, Francis|year=1996|title=Our Reluctant Governor: Sir Benjamin Pine, Knight|journal=Early Days|volume=11|issue=2
*cite book|author=The Constitution Centre of Western Australia|year=2002|chapter=Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine 1868-1869|chapterurl=http://www.ccentre.wa.gov.au/index.cfm?event=governorsBenjaminpine|title=Governors and Premiers of Western Australia|url=http://www.ccentre.wa.gov.au/index.cfm?event=govPrem|location=West Perth, Western Australia|publisher=The Constitution Centre of Western Australia|id=ISBN 0-7307-3821-3Persondata
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