Wartime Elections Act (1917)

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Conscription_Crisis_of_1917
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:dateEnacted gptkb:World_War_I
1917
gptkbp:disenfranchised conscientious objectors
immigrants from enemy countries since 1902
gptkbp:effect influenced 1917 Canadian federal election
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_Canada
gptkbp:grantedRightToVote wives, widows, mothers, sisters, and daughters of soldiers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wartime Elections Act (1917)
gptkbp:purpose to disenfranchise certain groups of citizens
to expand the franchise to female relatives of soldiers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Military_Voters_Act_(1917)
gptkbp:status repealed
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Robert_Borden
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Canada_in_1917-1919
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7