Women's Suffrage and the Constitution: Appendix A

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Appendix B

Appendix A

The following Statement Shows the Extent of Suffrage Enjoyed by Women in Other Lands:

The Australian Provinces granted municipal suffrage to women as follows: New South Wales, 1867; Victoria, 1869; West Australia, 1871; South Australia, 1880; Tasmania, 1884; Queensland, 1886. They granted full suffrage to women as follows: South Australia, 1887; West Australia, 1899; New South Wales, 1992; Tasmania, 1903; Queensland, 1905; Victoria, 1908.

Full suffrage was granted to the women of The Isle of Man, 1892; New Zealand, 1893; Finland, 1906; Norway, 1907; Denmark, 1915; Iceland, 1916.

Canadian Provinces extended municipal suffrage to women as follows: Ontario, 1884, to widows and spinsters assessed for not less than $400, married women entitled to vote on some propositions; New Brunswick, 1886, to women and spinsters rate payers; Nova Scotia, 1887, to all women rate payers; Manitoba, 1888, to all woman rate payers; British Columbia, 1888, widows and spinsters rate payers; Alberta, 1888, widows and spinsters rate payers; Saskatchewan, 1888, widows and spinsters rate payers; Prince Edward Island, 1888, widows and spinsters property holders; Quebec, 1892, widows and spinsters properly holders. The full suffrage was granted to all women in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia in 1916.

South Africa- Municipal suffrage was extended to women as follows: In The Transvaal, in 1854, to burghers' wives; in 1903 to white women on a property qualification; in Cape Colony, 1882, to all women on a property qualification; in Orange River Colony, 1904, to all women resident householders.

Sweden- Municipal suffrage for unmarried women, School Board and Ecclesiastical Franchise (without eligibility to office), 1862; School Board and Poor Law (with eligibility), 1889; eligibility to municipal and church councils, and extension of suffrage rights to married women, 1909.

In England and Wales the first extension of suffrage to women was granted in 1934. Since that time various extensions of suffrage to men and to women have taken place. The first woman suffrage was given to widows and spinsters. The disability of married women was removed in 1900, and English and Welsh women now enjoy suffrage in all elections upon the same terms as men with the sole exception of the right to vote for members of Parliament.

Scotland-1872- First extension of suffrage to women to elect School Boards (with eligibility). 1881-Municipal suffrage for unmarried women (with eligibility). 1900-Disability of married women in municipal elections removed. 1907-Town and County Council eligibility for married and unmarried established.

Ireland-1837- First extension of suffrage to women to elect Poor Law Guardians. 1887-Municipal suffrage granted the women of Belfast. 1894-Municipal suffrage extended to other cities. 1911-Town and County Council eligibility for married and unmarried women established.