The Act limited voting rights to men who owned property at least the age of 21, and women who were single, divorced, or widowed, over the age of 21 and owned property.
The act also stated that "No Chinaman or Indian shall be entitled to vote in any municipal election".
[4] The incorporation act was repealed and replaced in 1900 and 1921 prior to the introduction of the Vancouver Charter.
[5] On January 12, 2009, Vancouver's mayor Gregor Robertson requested an amendment to the Charter to allow the city to borrow $458 million to fund the completion of the 2010 Olympic Village in False Creek without seeking approval from taxpayers in an election-day plebiscite.
[6] The amendment was passed on January 18, 2009, in an emergency session of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.