Voting Rights Camryn

For a long time in Canada only certain people that had the right to vote. Women weren’t allowed to vote until 1918 and Asian Canadian could not vote until 1948. First Nation people who lived on reserves weren’t allowed to vote in Canadian elections until 1960. For many years voting in Canada was restricted for certain groups. For more than one hundred years, individuals and groups have pressured the government to expand the right to vote to include more citizens. Over time laws on voting have changed so more citizens can participate and share in decisions that might affect them. The right that this went against is every citizen has the right to vote in an election of a member of the house of commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership of therein.