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Women Winning Rights
Manitoba women became the first in Canada to win the rights to vote and to hold provincial office. -
Given The Right
The Dominion Elections Act gives the right to vote in federal elections to all adult Canadians, male and female. (However, the federal vote was not given to Aboriginal peoples, nor to visible minorities barred from provincial voters' lists,
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Free Health Care
Tommy Douglas becomes premier of Saskatchewan and enacts a “humanity first” policy in government, making available free health care to the poor and to senior citizens. -
More votes
Japanese Canadians receive the right to vote in federal elections. -
No more executing
The last executions take place in Canada. -
Blind
Ontario becomes the first province to pass a law guaranteeing a blind person
the legal right to be accompanied by a specially trained dog guide in all facilities
open to the public.