FEMALE RELATIVES OF SOLDIERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. The War-Time Elections Act (1917).

WOMEN'S VOTING RIGHTS. Canada. Parliament.

Verlag: Ottawa: Joseph de Labroquerie Tache, 1917

Beschreibung

MORE WOMEN ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. Octavo (9.5 inches). 7-8 George V, Chapter 39 (Statutes of Canada). Caption title, 20 pages. Royal coat of arms. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly mended. This second law passed by the Borden administration on 20 September 1917, in an attempt to increase the number of electors potentially favourable to their government, was the War-Time Elections Act, 1917 (7-8 George V, Chapter 39). The Act further extended the federal franchise to all women who were British subjects, over the age of 21, and who were the "wife, widow, mother, sister or daughter of any persons, male or female, living or dead" of a member serving, or had served, with the Canadian Armed Forces. Under the terms of the Military Voters Act, 1917, a small number of Chinese in the Canadian Armed Forces were allowed to vote, but the War-Time Elections Act, 1917 excluded otherwise eligible Chinese citizens because they did not meet the race requirements. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 236

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Titel: FEMALE RELATIVES OF SOLDIERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO...

Verlag: Ottawa: Joseph de Labroquerie Tache

Erscheinungsdatum: 1917

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition