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Nova Scotia Franchise Act, Statutes of Nova Scotia 1918, c. 2: For women who were not Asian or Indigenous: [24] full voting equality with men, only property owners could vote: George Henry Murray: Liberal: 1918: May 24: Federal: An Act to confer the Electoral Franchise upon Women, Statutes of Canada 1918, c. 20
The Women's Franchise Act is an act of the Parliament of Canada.Passed in 1918, the act allowed female citizens of Canada to vote in federal elections. [1] [2] [3] Universal suffrage was not attained in 1918, as women electors had to meet the same requirements as men in order to vote.
May 24 – Canadian women (except status Indians) obtain the right to vote in federal elections (even if they did not yet have the right to vote in provincial elections); some limited women's suffrage had been granted the year earlier. Status Indians gained federal suffrage in 1960. [2]
Most major Western powers extended voting rights to women by the interwar period, including Canada (1917), Germany (1918), the United Kingdom (1918 for women over 30 who met certain property requirements, 1928 for all women), Austria, the Netherlands (1919) and the United States (1920). [12]
She herself was not allowed to vote in the election. Earliest elected woman in Canada (first woman in Canada elected at the federal, provincial or municipal level): Hannah Gale, Alderman in Calgary, 1917. [2] (This was the first city election in Canada where a proportional representation electoral system (Single transferable voting) was used.)
Women also established and became involved with organizations to advance women's rights, including suffrage. In 1893, the National Council of Women of Canada was formed which was designed to bring together representatives of different women's groups across Canada, providing a network for women to communicate their concerns and ideas. [9]
The Act allowed white women to run for the Parliament of Canada. However, women from most/all minorities, for example, Aboriginals and Asians, were not granted these rights. [14] This bill was passed due in part to the advocacy of Nellie McClung, a women's rights activist from Manitoba.
The provinces began extending voting rights to women in 1916, and women were finally allowed to vote in federal elections in 1918. Canada was also faced with the return of thousands of soldiers, with few jobs waiting for them at home.