It was on April 25, 1940 that it was sanctioned by law that women were able to vote and to run for elected office in Quebec.
Women had been able to
vote in federal elections since 1919, but Quebec was the last Canadian province
to pass the right to vote for women.
To read more about the
right to vote in Canada for women, read http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/womens-suffrage/
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