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Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King voting in the first general election after the passage of the
Dominion Elections Act
. This Act marked the beginning of the modern age of electoral administration in Canada.
The modern franchise, 1920-1997
Modernizing the electoral machinery
Progress in fits and starts
The first Chief Electoral Officer
Judicious recommendations
Canada’s five Chief Electoral Officers
The
Dominion Elections Act
Voters lists
Registering on election day
The need to create federal lists
Preparing voters lists
Publishing voters lists
The first permanent voters list
Access to the vote
The Second World War and its aftermath
Racial exclusions
Legal discrimination
Limited universality
More on racial exclusions
The elimination of racial restrictions
Religious exclusions
The Doukhobors
Discrimination ends
Aboriginal people and the franchise
An alien system
A lengthy debate
"We are all united"
The right to vote for all Aboriginal peoples
No special act
Accessibility and the electoral process
Consolidation and review, 1961-1982
Advance voting
Voter notification
Opening up the process
Voting by proxy and voting outside Canada
The Charter: A watershed
The primacy of principles
Implementing the Charter
Legal and administrative progress
Charter enfranchisements
Voting by prisoners
Challenged exclusions
The rights of people with disabilities
The legislative record
Bill C-78
Bill C-63
A permanent register of electors
Conclusion
The Charter and electoral rights
Constant evolution
Summary: The vote through the decades
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