tions: (1) Is a British
subject; (2) is of the full age of 21 years or upwards; (3) possesses
the qualifications which would entitle a male person to vote at a
Dominion election in the Province in which the woman is seeking to
vote, provided that a married woman or a daughter living at home with
her parents shall be deemed to have any necessary property or income
qualifications if her husband or either of her parents is so
qualified. A woman is banned if married to an enemy alien. This Act
superseded the War Time Election Act.[218] The following year
this Parliament passed an Act enabling a wife to retain her
nationality.[219]

In New Brunswick in 1908, led by Mrs. Fiske, Mrs. Hathaway and Miss
Peters, the suffragists memorialized the Legislature to extend the
full suffrage to women but a bill for this purpose was defeated. In
1909 a bill to give it to taxpaying widows and spinsters passed the
Upper House and after much discussion in the Lower House was
postponed. In 1915 married women were included in the Municipal
franchise possessed by widows and spinsters. These efforts were
continued from year to year and finally after the Dominion franchise
had been conferred, the Elections Act was amended by the Legislative
Assembly on April 17, 1919, to confer complete universal suffrage on
women.

On May 20, 1919, the Council of Yukon Territory amended its Election
Law to read: "In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise
requires, words importing the masculine gender include females and the
words 'voter' and 'elector' include both men and women ... and under
it women shall have the same rights and privileges as men."

Bills to give the full suffrage to women in Nova Scotia were many
times defeated. In 1916, when all the western provinces were
enfranchising their women, the Lower House of the Legislature passed a
bill for it and later rescinded it on the excuse that it was not
desired by the women. This put them on their mettle and they took
action to convince the lawmakers that they did want it. The suffrage
society was re-organized and a resolution was adopted by the executive
board of the Local Council of Women and sent to every member of the
Legislature. A joint independent committee was created with Mrs.
Charles Archibald chairman and suffrage groups were formed within many
organizations of women. All the members of the Government were
interviewed and many promised support and the two Government
newspapers were fa