1918 April 26 Women gain the right to vote and run for office in provincial elections in Nova Scotia.
Eligibility: • age 21 or older • not alien-born • meet property requirements in provinces where they exist
1919 April 17 Women gain the right to vote and run for office in New Brunswick provincial elections.
1920 Every eligible Canadian over 21, male or female, can vote in federal elections. This does not, however, include Aboriginal peoples, Inuit or anyone barred from a provincial voters list, including Asians and Hindus.
The first federal election in which in which women are eligible to vote and hold office is held. Just four women candidates run. Only Agnes MacPhail wins as an independent from Ontario. She serves for 19 years. During the time she was in the House of Commons, she was joined by only one other woman, Martha Black from Yukon (1935-1940).
1922 May 3 Women in PEI gain the right to vote in provincial elections.
1925 April 13 Women gain the vote in Newfoundland.
1930 Montreal’s Cairine Reay Wilson becomes the first woman appointed to the Senate.
1940 Women in Quebec gain the right to vote. Québec becomes the last existing province to make it legal for women.
1954 The federal government declares a fair wages policy.
1960 Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples, including Aboriginal women, are finally granted a ‘no-strings-attached’ right to vote.
1964 Bill 16 is passed in Quebec’s National Assembly giving married women the same rights as their husbands. For example, being able to have a bank account.
1974 The first female RCMP recruits begin training at Regina. The Native Women’s Association of Canada is established.
1988 the Supreme Court voted was to strike down Canada's abortion law. 1989 The Supreme Court of Canada decides that sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination.
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