Nova Scotia Archives

Suffrage in Nova Scotia: Making our Mark

To the Government and Legislature of the Province
of Nova Scotia

      We whose names are hereto subscribed, being British subjects of the full age of twenty one years and upwards, and having lived in the province of Nova Scotia one year and upwards, hereby pray that you will introduce and pass at the next session of the Legislature an acting granting the provincial franchaise to women upon the same terms as those upon which it is granted to men, thus placing them upon a level with the women of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.

No. Name Address Occupation view
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Mrs. Clayton Whittier Farmington Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Esrom Eisnor Barss Corner Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Asaph Fleming New Germany Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Lawson Nile Hemford Housewife view original petition
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Mrs.  James J Veinot Hemford Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. J. H. Urquhart 20 Campbell St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Dominick McKinnie 16 Campbell St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. John E. Mill 16 Campbell St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Beatrice E. Paisley 8 Campbell St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
25
E. May Lawson 7 Campbell St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Mary E. Morrison 9 Campbell St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. William Taylor 31 Campbell St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Margaret McLeod 51 Campbell St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
31
Mrs. J. S. McGrath Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. G. A. DeCoursey Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Warren Penny 8 Douglas St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Jane  Carlin 45 Campbell St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. J. J. McNeil 32 Amelia St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. J. Harte 32 Amelia St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. J. A. Donovan 33 Amelia St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. George E. Totten 36 Cameron St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Edward F. Gallivan Cameron St., Sydney Housewife view original petition
27
Mrs. C. W. Jones Sydney Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Wm A. Ives Pictou Housewife view original petition
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