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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William Tutty 89 Henry St., Sydney Engineer view original petition
26
W. J. Wilson New Waterford Director of Methane Therapy view original petition
27
Mrs. C. W. Jones Sydney Housewife view original petition
1
Mrs. Murdoch Kerr New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
2
Mrs. John Wilson New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
3
Mrs. Alex Harley New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
4
Mrs. Thos Arnold New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
5
William Burns New Waterford Miner view original petition
6
Mary E. Burns New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
7
Mrs. John Jarvie New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
8
Mrs. Simon Roach New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
9
Simon Roach New Waterford Lumberman view original petition
10
Lena McInnis New Waterford Tailoring view original petition
11
Mrs. M. Cherrie New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
12
Mrs. John McMillan New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
13
Mrs. G. W. Sinclair New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
14
W. S. Walker New Waterford Miner view original petition
15
Mrs. William Williams New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
16
Mrs. John Neil New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
17
Mrs. A. Nicholson Sydney House Work view original petition
18
Miss H. J. Bayers Sydney House Work view original petition
19
Pte. Samuel  Wilson Sydney Soldier view original petition
1
Jean English Pictou view original petition
2
Alice E. Strothard Pictou view original petition
3
Sybil Sutherland Pictou view original petition
4
Mrs. Lydia Sutherland Pictou view original petition
5
L. Sutherland Pictou view original petition
6
Hannah McKay Pictou view original petition
7
Larian Steeves Pictou view original petition
8
A. F. Redmond Pictou view original petition
               

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