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(DIS)Enfranchisement - 1907-1947: The Forty Year Struggle for The Vote exhibit collection ➔ [South Asian Canadians] are excluded by unanimous decision
Item
Identifier:
2021_05_025Alternative Title
Hindus are excluded by unanimous decisionDate
March 27 1907;Date(s) of creationExtent
1 p. of textual recordsFormat
newspaperDescription
A news clipping describing, in detail, the unanimous decision by the British Columbia legislature to exclude South Asian immigrants from the right to vote. It includes several quotes from various members on the bill, reasons why they would vote for it, and on other related topics pertaining to immigrants in British Columbia including the Medical Board of Examiners and the potential reaction from the Canadian federal government and the British imperial government to the decision.Location
British Columbia;New Westminster Land District;Metro Vancouver Regional District;VancouverLanguage
EnglishSubject Headings - SACDA
Voter disenfranchisementSubject Headings - Library of Congress
Election law--Canada [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008119136];Racism in public administration [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2020000513];Federal government [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047611]Related people
Bowser, William John (subject)Fitzpatrick, Charles (subject)
Williams, Parker (subject)