WOMEN IN THE MILITARY ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. The Military Voters Act (1917).

WOMEN'S VOTING RIGHTS. Canada. Parliament.

Verlag: Ottawa: Joseph de Labroquerie Tache, 1917

Beschreibung

FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN TO VOTE IN CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. Octavo (9.5 inches). 7-8 George V, Chapter 34 (Statutes of Canada). Caption title, 19 pages. Royal coat of arms. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly mended. In the lead-up to the Canadian federal election of December, 1917 the federal government (under the direction of Prime Minister Robert Borden and the Unionist Party) was concerned about being defeated at the polls as a result of their conscription legislation. In the attempt to increase the number of electors potentially favourable to the government, two pieces of legislation were passed on 20 September 1917: the Military Voters Act, 1917 and the War-Time Elections Act, 1917. The Military Voters Act, 1917 (7-8 George V, Chapter 34) extended the vote to all Canadian Armed Forces personnel and nurses, male and female, active and retired, including "Indian" persons regardless of their period of residence in Canada, as well as British subjects ordinarily resident in Canada who were on active duty in Europe in the Canadian, British or any other allied army. Included in this definition were some 2,000 female military nurses who became the first Canadian women to vote in federal elections. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 235

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Titel: WOMEN IN THE MILITARY ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ...

Verlag: Ottawa: Joseph de Labroquerie Tache

Erscheinungsdatum: 1917

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition