Military Voters Act

Military Voters Act
Parliament of Canada
Citation	SC 1917 (7 & 8 Geo V), c 34[1]
Enacted by	House of Commons of Canada
Enacted	September 14, 1917
Considered by	Senate of Canada
Assented to	September 20, 1917
Legislative history
First chamber: House of Commons of Canada
Bill title	127[2]
Introduced by	Charles Doherty
First reading	August 13, 1917[3]
Second reading	August 20, 1917[4]
Third reading	August 29–31, 1917[5]
Second chamber: Senate of Canada
Bill title	127
Member(s) in charge	James Alexander Lougheed
First reading	September 3, 1917[6]
Second reading	September 7–11, 1917[7]
Third reading	September 14, 1917[8]
Amends
Dominion Elections Act RSC 1906, c 6[9]
Repealed by
Dominion Elections Act SC 1920 (10 & 11 Geo V), c 46[10]
Related legislation
Wartime Elections Act
Status: Repealed

The Military Voters Act (French: Loi des électeurs militaires)^[11] was a 1917 act of the Parliament of Canada. The legislation was passed in 1917 during World War I, giving the right to vote to all Canadian soldiers. The act was significant for swinging the newly enlarged military vote in the Unionist Party's favour, and in that it gave a large number of Canadian women the right to vote for the first time.