Former British Colonies With Responsible Government
- 1848 – Province of Nova Scotia
- 1849 – Province of Canada
- 1851 – Province of Prince Edward Island
- 1854 – Province of New Brunswick
- 1855 – Newfoundland (suspended from 1934 to 1949), the State of New South Wales, and the State of Victoria
- 1856 – New Zealand and the Colony of Tasmania
- 1859 – State of Queensland (separated from New South Wales in that year with self-government from the beginning)
- 1872 – The Cape Colony, South Africa
- 1890 – Western Australia
- 1893 – Natal, South Africa
- 1906 – Transvaal, South Africa
- 1907 – Orange River Colony, South Africa
- 1921 – Malta (suspended from 1936 to 1947, and from 1959 to 1962)
- 1923 – Southern Rhodesia
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