Dominion
Country From To Status
Canada 1867 Current Continues as a realm and member of the Commonwealth of Nations . 'Dominion ' was conferred as the country 's title in the 1867 constitution as a substitute for the title of kingdom . The title of Dominion was retained with the constitution 's patriation in 1982 but has fallen into general disuse
Australia 1901 Current Continues as a Commonwealth realm and member of the Commonwealth of Nations
New Zealand 1907 Current Continues as a Commonwealth realm and member of the Commonwealth of Nations
Newfoundland 1907 1949 After governance had reverted to direct control from London in 1934 , became a province of Canada under the British North America Act 1949 ( now the Newfoundland Act ) passed in the UK parliament , 31 March 1949 , prior to the London Declaration of 28 April 1949
South Africa 1910 1961 Continued as a Commonwealth realm until it became a republic in 1961 under the Republic of South Africa Constitution Act 1961 , passed by the Parliament of South Africa , long title To constitute the Republic of South Africa and to provide for matters incidental thereto , assented to 24 April 1961 to come into operation on 31 May 1961
Irish Free State ( 1922-37 ) Éire ( 1937-49 ) 1922 1949 The link with the monarchy ceased with the passage of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 , which came into force on 18 April 1949 and declared that the state was a republic
India 1947 1950 The Union of India ( with the addition of Sikkim from 1975 ) became a federal republic after its constitution came into effect on 26 January 1950
Pakistan 1947 1956 Continued as a Commonwealth realm until 1956 when it became a republic under the name The Islamic Republic of Pakistan : Constitution of 1956
Ceylon 1948 1972 Continued as a Commonwealth realm until 1972 when it became a republic under the name of Sri Lanka
Dominions -- List of Dominions
The Dominions were the semi-independent polities under the British Crown that constituted the British Empire, beginning with Canadian Confederation in 1867. Dominion status was a constitutional term of art used to signify an independent Commonwealth realm; they included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, and the Irish Free State, and then from the late 1940s also India, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The Balfour Declaration of 1926 recognised the Dominions as autonomous within the British Empire, and the 1931 Statute of Westminster confirmed their full legislative independence. Earlier usage of dominion to refer to a particular territory dates to the 16th century and was used to describe Wales from 1535 to 1801 and New England between 1686 and 1689.