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Women's suffrage in Canada occurred at different times in different jurisdictions to different demographics of women. Women's right to vote began in the three prairie provinces. In 1916, suffrage was earned by women in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The federal government granted limited war-time suffrage to some women in 1917 and ...
Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922) – writer; president, Women's Suffrage Association of Nelson, British Columbia; Nellie McClung (1873–1951) – politician, author, social activist, member of The Famous Five; Sarah Galt Elwood McKee (1842–1934) – social reformer and temperance leader
The Canadian Women's Suffrage Association, originally called the Toronto Women's Literary Guild, was an organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that fought for women's rights. After the association had been inactive for a while, the leaders founded the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association in 1889.
Although most Canadian women had the vote in federal elections and all provinces but Quebec by 1927, the case was part of a larger drive for political equality. This was the first step towards equality for women in Canada and was the start to the first wave of feminism.
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She joined the Canadian Suffrage Association in 1906 when it was founded by Augusta Stowe-Gullen and became an active member and campaigner. [9] In 1906, Denison traveled to Copenhagen as Canada's delegate to the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. [3] She also attended the International Woman's Suffrage Alliance convention in Budapest in 1913.
Margret Benedictsson (16 March 1866 – 13 December 1956) was an Icelandic-Canadian suffrage activist and journalist. [1] Born in Iceland to Jon Jonsson, a harness-maker, and Kristjana Ebeneserdottir, a servant. At the age of 13, she began working as a shepherdess.
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.