Passed in 1918, the act allowed female citizens of Canada to vote in federal elections.
[1][2][3] Universal suffrage was not attained in 1918, as women electors had to meet the same requirements as men in order to vote.
[4] In 1917, the federal Wartime Elections Act had increased the number of people who were eligible to vote.
People who had been born in enemy countries and became British subjects after 1902 were also disenfranchised.
An exception was granted to people who had arrived in Canada and emigrated from these countries before they had been annexed by Germany (including those born in France, Italy, and Denmark).