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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
27
J. Holland Lunenburg Merchant view original petition
6
Mrs. D. W. Morton New Germany Merchant view original petition
5
E. W. Mailman Hemford Merchant view original petition
2
Mrs. F. C. DeLong Barss Corner Merchants Wife view original petition
25
H. P. Awalt Maplewood Merchant view original petition
1
EB Cragg Bridgewater Merchant view original petition
2
R Dawson Bridgewater Merchant view original petition
15
L.H. Hall Bridgewater Merchant view original petition
17
E.I. MacDonald Merchant view original petition
6
Mrs. A.H.  Barrys Dayspring Merchant view original petition
13
Mrs. J.R. Cooke Bridgewater Merchant view original petition
3
A.N. MacK Mill Village Merchant view original petition
10
W.N. Baker Charleston Merchant view original petition
9
E.G. Payne Merchant view original petition
4
A. D. Murley Pleasant River Merchant view original petition
23
Claude C. King Annapolis Royal Merchant view original petition
25
A.M. King Annapolis Royal Merchant view original petition
27
E.M. Potter Annapolis Royal Merchant view original petition
2
George Harnish Lequille Merchant view original petition
10
C. N. Philips Middleton Merchant view original petition
11
Mrs. C. N. Philips Middleton Merchant view original petition
12
G. R. Beals Middleton Merchant view original petition
24
George Armstrong 71 Ferry St., Sydney Merchant view original petition
14
S. A. Cohen 21 Charlotte St., Sydney Merchant view original petition
20
J. Florance W. George St., Sydney Merchant view original petition
21
N. Kennedy Charlotte St., Sydney Merchant view original petition
6
W. I. Fanjoy 10 Park St., Sydney Merchant view original petition
16
D. W. English Pictou Coal Merchant view original petition
22
Smith Grant Pictou Merchant view original petition
6
J. E. Proudfoot Scotsburn Merchant view original petition
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