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Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Commonwealth_Franchise_Act_1902
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Australian
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:appliesTo
gptkb:House_of_Representatives_elections
gptkb:Senate_elections
gptkbp:beganIn
12 June 1902
gptkbp:citation
No. 8, 1902
gptkbp:dateEnacted
12 June 1902
gptkbp:enactedBy
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:excludedFromVoting
gptkb:Aboriginal_Australians
people of African descent
people of Asian descent
people of Pacific Islander descent
gptkbp:grantedRightToStandForParliamentTo
Australian women
gptkbp:grantedRightToVoteTo
Australian women
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:longTitle
gptkb:An_Act_to_provide_for_a_uniform_Federal_Franchise
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent
12 June 1902
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Commonwealth_Electoral_Act_1918
gptkb:Australian_Constitution
gptkbp:repealedBy
gptkb:Commonwealth_Electoral_Act_1918
1983
gptkbp:shortName
gptkb:Commonwealth_Franchise_Act_1902
gptkbp:significance
first law to allow women to stand for federal parliament in Australia
one of the first laws in the world to grant women the right to vote at a national level
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Electoral_Act_1918
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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