Wartime Elections Act

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The Wartime Elections Act was a controversial 1917 Canadian law that expanded the federal franchise to certain female relatives of soldiers while disenfranchising many perceived “enemy alien” voters, significantly shaping the political landscape during World War I.


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Conscription Crisis of 1917
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