Suffrage
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Partial list of 72 unions and MLAs who supported the franchise for South Asian Canadians in 1947.
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Newspaper clipping titled, "Labour leader to address Sikhs," published on The Province, January 12 1943, 5.
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Photo of the International Woodworkers of America (I.W.A) delegation to the B.C Legislature in Victoria to demand voting rights for South Asians. The delegation was sponsored by the I.W.A in 1943. The delegation includes Didar S. Bains, Naranjan S. Sidhu, Naginder S. Gill (Secretary of the Khalsa Diwan Society), Garib S. Lehli, Phangan S. Gill, Sir Harold Holland, Harold Pritchett, Mohinder S. Sangha, Darshan S. Sangha, Arjan S. Rhandhawa, H. S. Garcha, and "Tikka" S. Bains.
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Photo of the International Woodworkers of America (I.W.A) delegation to the B.C Legislature in Victoria to demand voting rights for South Asians. The delegation was sponsored by the I.W.A in 1943. The delegation includes Didar S. Bains, Naranjan S. Sidhu, Naginder S. Gill (Secretary of the Khalsa Diwan Society), Garib S. Lehli, Phangan S. Gill, Sir Harold Holland, Harold Pritchett, Mohinder S. Sangha, Darshan S. Sangha, Arjan S. Rhandhawa, H. S. Garcha, and "Tikka" S. Bains.
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News clipping image of Mahinder S. Beadall placing his ballot in a ballot box while another man looks on. Beadall was the first South Asian Canadian in Victoria to cast a ballot in a federal election.