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The Dominion Elections Act [1] (French: Acte des élections fédérales) [13] was a bill passed by the House of Commons of Canada in 1920, under Robert Borden's Unionist government. The Act allowed white women to run for the Parliament of Canada.
The 1867 Canadian federal election was held from August 7 to September 20, 1867, and was the first election of Canada.It was held to elect members representing electoral districts in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec to the House of Commons of the 1st Canadian Parliament.
Unlike in the United States, racial segregation in Canada applied to all non-whites and was historically enforced through laws, court decisions and social norms with a closed immigration system that barred virtually all non-whites from immigrating until 1962. Section 38 of the 1910 Immigration Act permitted the government to prohibit the entry ...
The proclamation of the Royal Coat of Arms of Canada by King George V on 21 November 1921 has been considered the moment when red and white became Canada's official colours. [3] The idea of the coat of arms determining the country's official colours was expressed as far back as 1918, when Eugène Fiset argued "red suggested Britishness ...
The statute restricted the right to vote to men over 21 who were either born or naturalized British subjects. [27] Amendments from the original text of the bill restricted the franchise considerably, preventing all women, [ 5 ] most Indigenous people west of Ontario, [ 5 ] and those of "Mongolian or Chinese race" [ 6 ] [ 28 ] from voting.
This is a page that aims to document commonly-used map colors for election maps of Canadian elections, so maps have consistent coloring. A map should either use colors to indicate percentage, the "win" colors, or the "hold" and "gain" colors. These should not be mixed - for example, no map should use both the "win" and "gain" colors.
Year that status Indians were granted the right to vote in federal elections: 1960. Year that status Indians were granted the right to vote in Quebec provincial elections: 1969 [21] First Indigenous person elected to a legislature in Canada: Solomon White, Ontario Conservative Party, 1878–1886 and 1890–1894 (first Native elected anywhere in ...
Canada's post-war economic growth, combined with the policies of successive Liberal governments, led to the emergence of a new Canadian identity, marked by the adoption of the maple leaf flag in 1965, [90] the implementation of official bilingualism (English and French) in 1969, [91] and the institution of official multiculturalism in 1971. [92]