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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Bertha A. Grant 483 Esplanade, Sydney Teacher view original petition
27
Josephine MacKenzie 49 Douglas Place, Sydney Teacher view original petition
28
Gladys Stephens 15 Glenwood St., Sydney Teacher view original petition
29
Harriet L. Lindsay 428 George St., Sydney Teacher 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
40
Jessie MacKinnon 453 Charlotte St., Sydney Teacher view original petition
41
Bessie Morrison 409 Charlotte St., Sydney At home view original petition
42
Annie Farquharson 34 Highland St., Sydney Teacher view original petition
43
Marion Morrison 673 George St., Sydney Stenographer view original petition
44
Cady McKinnon 453 Charlotte St., Sydney Stenographer view original petition
45
Lena Oakley 160 Whitney Ave., Sydney view original petition
1
Mrs. Jessie  McInnis 59 Tain St., Sydney House Keeper view original petition
2
N. E. Townsend 997 Victoria Rd., Sydney Mechanic view original petition
3
Mrs. William Tutty 89 Henry St., Sydney Housekeeper view original petition
4
Mrs. Nicholas Brophey 79 Furnace St., Sydney Housekeeper view original petition
5
Annie Wilson George St., Sydney Clerk view original petition
6
Mrs. Meadows 23 Sheriff Ave., Sydney Housekeeper view original petition
8
J. E. Muggah 12 Charlotte St., Sydney Ferry Supplies view original petition
9
Morton S. Muggah 12 Charlotte St., Sydney Engineering Dept. view original petition
10
H. M. Muggah 12 Charlotte St., Sydney Housekeeper view original petition
11
Mrs. H. Strowd 1 Amelia St., Sydney House Wife view original petition
12
Edel Sheppard 131 Townsend St., Sydney Wireman view original petition
               

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