Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1886 — Voters in Canada. [ARTICLE]

Voters in Canada.

There are assessment qualifications required for voters by the election laws of nearly every part of Canada. In Ontario and Quebec a vote is given to every male subject who is the owner, occupier, or tenant of real property of the assessed value of S3OO, or of the yearly value of S3O, within the limits of cities or corporate towns; or, of the assessed value of S2OO, or yearly value of S2O, if not so situated. In New Brunswick, a vote is given to every male subject of the age of 21 years, assessed in respect of real estate to the amount of SIOO, or of personal property, or of personal and real, amounting together to SIOO, or $lO annual income. In Nova Scotia the franchise is with all subjects of the age of 21 years, assessed in respect of real estate to the value of $l5O, or in respect of personal estate, or of real and personal together, to the value of S4OO. N oting is by ballot. Indians not resident with their tribes are allowed to vote under the same qualifications as white men, and by a law passed by the Dominion Parliament in August, those Indians who are stifl with their tribes are, with certain property restrictions, allowed to vote for members of the House of Commons, as well as concerning matters of local government.—lntel' Ocean.