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Canadian woman protests her voting classification
In Canada's early days, only a select group of privileged men could vote. Now it's a fundamental right for all Canadians over 18. Women, Asians, native people and prisoners were among those who gained the right to vote in Canadian elections over the past century — often amid controversy. CBC Archives explores the evolution of voting rights in Canada.
Program: As It Happens
Broadcast Date: May 29, 1974
Guest(s): Betty Maryon
Host: Barbara Frum
Duration: 4:21
Last updated: April 17, 2013
Page consulted on April 17, 2013
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Mitchell Hepburn, leader of Ontario's Liberal party in 1945, says the ...
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Agnes MacPhail and John Diefenbaker on dropping the voting age from 21...
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An Edmonton journalist predicts a low turnout rate for Aboriginals in ...
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In 1960, Canada's Aboriginal Peoples are finally granted a 'no-strings...
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Thérèse Casgrain describes how Quebec women finally got the provincial...
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A woman protests the requirement to classify herself as either Miss or...
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Recalling a key moment in Nellie McClung's fight for Canadian women's ...
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At the height of the youth rights movement, Take 30 asks whether child...
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Chinese-, Japanese- and Indo-Canadians gain a right once denied them.
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Mentally disabled Canadians get the right to vote in 1988.
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Prisoner Rick Sauvé is using the Charter of Rights to try and gain the...
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In Appenzell, Switzerland, women are finally allowed to vote in local ...
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Two teens debate the pros and cons of lowering the voting age to 16.
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A 1995 debate on whether prison inmates deserve the right to vote in C...
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CBC talks to several new Canadians who take their right to vote very s...
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Thanks to recent regulation changes, it's now possible for homeless pe...
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A couple of young women in Edmonton are fighting for the right of 16-y...
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In 2002, the Supreme Court has decided it's unconstitutional to deny C...
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Prisoners will vote in the federal election, while victim's groups con...
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In Canada's early days, only a select group of privileged men could vo...