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Wartime Canada

Wartime Canada. Politics at Home: 1917. Women’s Suffrage Movement Conscription Federal Election of 1917 - Military Voters Act , August 1917 - Wartime Elections Act , September 1917 - divisive campaign - outcome. Female Franchise, 1916-1917. Conscription.

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Wartime Canada

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  1. Wartime Canada

  2. Politics at Home: 1917 • Women’s Suffrage Movement • Conscription • Federal Election of 1917 - Military Voters Act, August 1917 - Wartime Elections Act, September 1917 - divisive campaign - outcome

  3. Female Franchise, 1916-1917

  4. Conscription • Ceiling of voluntary enlistment • Borden’s commitment of troops • Conscription as the major parliamentary issue • Realignment of parliament: - Borden: Union Government (pro-conscription) - Laurier: Laurier Liberals (anti-conscription) • Military Service Act: August 29,1917

  5. Federal Franchise • Federal franchise rules before 1917 • Military Voters Act, August 1917 • Wartime Elections Act, September 1917

  6. Military Voters Act, 1917 • enfranchises “every person, male or female, who, being a British subject ordinarily resident in Canada, whether or not a minor or an Indian, is in active service in Europe, in any of the forces or services, of His Majesty or of His Majesty’s Allies.” -- Guidance of Voters, 1917

  7. Wartime Elections Act, 1917 • enfranchises: wives, widows, mothers, and sisters of those serving overseas or having served overseas • disenfranchises: conscientious objectors • disenfranchises: “enemy aliens”

  8. 1917 Election Candidates: • Robert Borden (Unionist) • Wilfrid Laurier (Liberal) Major Issue: • Conscription Outcome: • Union majority government

  9. War’s End • Armistice: November 11, 1918 • About 100,000 men were conscripted; About 25,000 served at the front • Total Canadians in service: 625,000 • Canadian casualties: 62,000 killed; 155,000 wounded

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