Edwards v Canada (AG)
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edwards-v-canada-ag-175-7761479
title:
Edwards v Canada (AG)
text:
Edwards v Canada (AG), also known as the Persons Case, is a Canadian constitutional case that decided in 1929 that women were eligible to sit in the Senate of Canada. The legal case was put forward by the Government of Canada on the lobbying of a group of women known as The Famous Five—Henrietta Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy and Irene Parlby. The case began as a reference case by the federal Cabinet directly to the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled that women were not
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encyclopedia
description:
1929 Canadian court case about women's eligibility as senators
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_v_Canada_(AG)
date created:
2005-09-07T04:10:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T04:03:13Z
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