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A History of the Vote in Canada

A History of the Vote in Canada PDF Author: Elections Canada
Publisher: Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada for the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
ISBN:
Category : Elections
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
This volume documents the 200-year process by which Canadians overcame exclusions from the franchise and barriers to voting to achieve a universal, constitutionally entrenched right to vote. The evolution of the vote is examined chronologically, focusing on the expansion of the right in Canada and on the development of mechanisms to ensure or facilitate exercise of the right. The historical process is traced against the social and political background of the period, highlighting the events and changes shaping the environment in which the vote evolved. Chapter 1 examines the vote from the beginnings of responsible government in the colonial period. Chapter 2 covers 1867-1920, a period of several shifts in control of the federal franchise between federal and provincial governments. The final chapter examines changes from the beginning of the modern era in electoral law in 1920 to the present.
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