Wartime Elections Act
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wartime-elections-act-176-13637297
title:
Wartime Elections Act
text:
The Canadian Wartime Elections Act was a bill passed on September 20, 1917 by the Conservative government of Robert Borden during the Conscription Crisis of 1917 and was instrumental in pushing Liberals to join the Conservatives in the formation of the Canadian Unionist government. While the bill was an explicit attempt to get more votes for the government, it was also the first act giving women the vote in federal elections. The Act gave the vote to the wives, widows, mothers, and sisters of so
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encyclopedia
description:
Canadian law regarding voting rights
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartime_Elections_Act
date created:
2004-08-29T21:10:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T00:31:35Z
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