(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection ➔ New Canadian makes voting history 1947, placing the vote in the ballot box

Item
Identifier:
2021_05_002
Date
June 1 1947;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 p. of textual records
Format
newspaper
Description
News clipping image of Mahinder S. Beadall placing his ballot in a ballot box while another man looks on. Beadall was the first South Asian Canadian in Victoria to cast a ballot in a federal election.
Location
Canada
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Voting [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85144418];Suffrage [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85129645];Polling places [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92003723]
Related person
Beadall, Mahinder Singh (subject)