Military Voters Act
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military-voters-act-176-4575834
title:
Military Voters Act
text:
The Military Voters Act was a 1917 act of the Parliament of Canada. The legislation was passed in 1917 during World War I, giving the right to vote to all Canadian soldiers. The act was significant for swinging the newly enlarged military vote in the Unionist Party's favour, and in that it gave a large number of Canadian women the right to vote for the first time.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1917 Canadian act that expanded suffrage to all soldiers
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Voters_Act
date created:
2007-09-26T19:48:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T00:31:22Z
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