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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
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S. A. Cohen 21 Charlotte St., Sydney Merchant view original petition
15
Mrs. Jenna McNeil Charlotte St., Sydney view original petition
16
Mrs. James I. Burke 21 Young St., Sydney view original petition
17
Miss Katie  McNeil 21 York St., Sydney view original petition
18
Mary L. McIsaac E. George St., Sydney view original petition
19
William Cross W. George St., Sydney Married view original petition
20
J. Florance W. George St., Sydney Merchant view original petition
21
N. Kennedy Charlotte St., Sydney Merchant view original petition
22
Richard  Muggah N. George St., Sydney Import Warehouse view original petition
23
William Smith Charlotte St., Sydney Insurance view original petition
24
G. E. O. Jordan Charlotte St., Sydney Clerk view original petition
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Mrs. Cohen Charlotte St., Sydney view original petition
26
Ian Cameron Charlotte St., Sydney Engineer view original petition
27
J. Cameron N. George St., Sydney Engineer view original petition
29
John  McKenzie Pleasant St., Sydney view original petition
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John  McKinnon Pleasant St., Sydney Bank Manager view original petition
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Maud M. Muggah N. George St., Sydney Matron … view original petition
1
Carolyn DeWolfe 174 Brookland St., Sydney Accountant view original petition
5
C. MacLeod Sydney view original petition
6
M. J. McDermott North Sydney view original petition
7
F. G. Rigby 177 George St., Sydney view original petition
8
H. J. Johnson 354 Charlotte St., Sydney view original petition
9
G. E. Sterns 65 Lain St., Sydney Book Keeper view original petition
10
J. H. Moore 688 George St., Sydney view original petition
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L. F. Moore 688 George St., Sydney view original petition
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L. A. Bond 137 Brookland St., Sydney Stenographer view original petition
13
Doris O'Phail 120 Union St., Sydney School Teacher view original petition
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Elizabeth  Colquhoun 408 Townsend St., Sydney School Teacher view original petition
15
Ethel L. Edgecombe 85 Lovers Lane, Sydney view original petition
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A. H. Bown 48 Argyle, Sydney Stenographer view original petition
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