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4th Session, 40th Legislature

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Bill 201

THE CENTENNIAL OF MANITOBA WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE ACT

Table of Contents

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Explanatory Note

(Assented to )

WHEREAS on January 28, 1916, Manitoba women were granted the right to vote in provincial elections;

AND

WHEREAS Manitoba was the first Canadian province to give women the right to vote;

AND

WHEREAS Nellie McClung was instrumental in helping women get the right to vote in Manitoba and has been honoured with a monument on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislature;

AND

WHEREAS January 28, 2016, is the 100th anniversary of the day when Manitoba women were granted the right to vote in provincial elections and it is a day to honour and celebrate the passion, inspiration, and fierce determination of Nellie McClung and the other women who were champions of equality;

AND

WHEREAS this special day is a reminder to Manitobans to value and appreciate this significant and hard-won right;

THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

Centennial of Manitoba Women's Right to Vote

January 28, 2016, is to be known as the Centennial of Manitoba Women's Right to Vote.

Coming into force

This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.

Explanatory Note

This Bill proclaims January 28, 2016, as the Centennial of Manitoba Women's Right to Vote.

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Collection	Manitoba — Debates (Hansard)
Citation	40-4 b201e.php
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	40 4 b201e.php
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	a2082bd4ee04e52a039cd15809c71157583bbed8

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