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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Elizabeth  Colquhoun 408 Townsend St., Sydney School Teacher view original petition
1
Mrs. Margaret Robb 412 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
2
Mrs. James I. Cole 424 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
5
Mrs. Beatrice Deloue 430 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
6
Mrs. Walter McKinley 434 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
7
Mrs. W. J. Matthews 458 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
8
Miss Ethel L. Elvey 466 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
9
Mrs. S. McCormick 486 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
10
Mrs. H. M. Hyndman Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
11
Mrs. Karl Sparling Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
12
Mrs. C. Prescott Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
13
Mrs. Jassa Dickerson Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
15
Mrs. Angus  Smith 416 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
16
Mrs. Claude Gayton 44 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
17
Mrs. John  McPherson 395 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
18
Mrs. J. Huntington 385 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
20
Mrs. D. R. Macdonald 375 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
21
Mrs. M. D. McDonald 365 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
22
Mrs. Wall 408 Townsend St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
30
Mrs. Graham Colquhoun 408 Townsend St., Sydney view original petition
31
Mrs. Tom McDonald 403 Townsend St., Sydney view original petition
32
Mrs. Archibald  McKinnon 391 Townsend St., Sydney view original petition
34
Alexis McKinnon 391 Townsend St., Sydney view original petition
35
Minnie McKinnon 391 Townsend St., Sydney view original petition
36
Mrs. J. P. McKenna 401 Townsend St., Sydney view original petition
37
Mrs. Bannerman 493 Townsend St., Sydney view original petition
38
Mrs. Reid Townsend St., Sydney view original petition
39
Mrs. Buchanan Townsend St., Sydney view original petition
12
Edel Sheppard 131 Townsend St., Sydney Wireman view original petition
2
Mary McKenzie 286 Townsend St., Sydney Clerk view original petition
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