Extension of the Franchise – 1953

Category:

LEGISLATION

Sub-Category:

POLITICAL – MUNICIPAL ACT AMENDMENTS

Resolution Number:

100.30.1

Club:

Ottawa

Year:

1953

Status:

Resolved

Comments:

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Provincial Organization set up a special committee to study the following and the final decision sent to the clubs:
That the Ontario Provincial Government be requested to amend the present Municipal Act by providing the right to vote except on money by-laws, in municipal elections to all persons over 21 years of age with citizenship rights, who pay personal income tax through the Federal Government.

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