served in office prior to seeking a dissolution has also been cited as a reason for denying his request. In the United Kingdom in 1950, the Lascelles Principles expressed the relevant constitutional conventions in the matter, citing the King–Byng controversy as one of the underlying precedents. Other authorities agreed with King, since, by custom, the Lord Byng of Vimy was obligated to heed the Prime Minister's request to call the election. In 1997, the governor-general of New Zealand, Sir Michael Hardie Boys, expressed the opinion that Byng had been in error in not re-appointing King as prime minister and then granting the dissolution of parliament to King instead of Meighen. The King–Byng Affair was the most controversial use of a governor general's reserve powers until the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975, in which the Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr, dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. See also 1975 Australian constitutional crisis Lascelles Principles Easter Crisis of 1920 2008–09 Canadian parliamentary dispute References Further reading Esberey, J. E. "Personality and Politics: A New Look at the King-Byng Dispute," Canadian Journal of Political Science 1973 6(1): 37–55 in JSTOR Also under and . Neatby, H. Blair. William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1924–1932: The Lonely Heights (1963) Thompson John H., and Allan Seager. Canada, 1922–1939: Decades of Discord. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1985. External links The King-Byng Affair – Canada’s Government in Minority; not a scholarly source but includes some documents The King-Byng Affair at Marianopolis College King-Byng Affair at The Canadian Encyclopedia CBC's Up the skirt or in the till: Top ten scandals in Canadian political history Constitution of Canada Monarchy in Canada 1926 in Canada Political history of Canada Political controversies in Canada Canada in the World Wars and Interwar Years 1926 in international relations William Lyon Mackenzie King 1926 in politics Canada–United Kingdom relations Constitutional crises