Appendix 5: Elections and Franchise Acts Special Committee, Filed May 22, 1936; In the Matter of the Dominion Franchise Act 1934 and the Dominion Elections Act 1934 and in the Matter of the Disqualification of Certain Persons in the Province of British Columbia from being Registered and Voting under the Said Acts; Brief - Submitted on behalf of the Japanese Canadian Citizens' League representing British-born Subjects of the Japanese Race Residing in the Province of British Columbia; T.G. Norris, K.C. Vancouver, BC May 12, 1936.

Appendix 5: Elections and Franchise Acts Special Committee, Filed May 22, 1936; In the Matter of the Dominion Franchise Act 1934 and the Dominion Elections Act 1934 and in the Matter of the Disqualification of Certain Persons in the Province of British Columbia from being Registered and Voting under the Said Acts; Brief - Submitted on behalf of the Japanese Canadian Citizens' League representing British-born Subjects of the Japanese Race Residing in the Province of British Columbia; T.G. Norris, K.C. Vancouver, BC May 12, 1936.

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Title Proper RG14 VOLUME 751 APPENDIX 05
Date(s) 1934
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The file includes a submission prepared by T.G. Norris on behalf of the Japanese Canadian Citizens' League concerning the enfranchisement of Japanese Canadian citizens in British Columbia. The submission references the Dominion Franchise Act of 1934 and its exclusion of Japanese Canadians. It outlines the history of the legislation, misconceptions of said legislation that led to discrimination on the grounds of race, discussion of the implications of vote deprivation, and further arguments against the disqualification of Japanese Canadians in BC as unconstitutional. The submission includes a copy of the Election Act of Japan, Japan's Nationality Law and regulations (e.g., the Ordinance concerning the Reinforcement of the Land Law for Foreigners, the Imperial Ordinance No. 262 (1924), the Census Domicile Law, and the Civil code).
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Appendix 5: Elections and Franchise Acts Special Committee, Filed May 22, 1936; In the Matter of the Dominion Franchise Act 1934 and the Dominion Elections Act 1934 and in the Matter of the Disqualification of Certain Persons in the Province of British Columbia from being Registered and Voting under the Said Acts; Brief - Submitted on behalf of the Japanese Canadian Citizens' League representing British-born Subjects of the Japanese Race Residing in the Province of British Columbia; T.G. Norris, K.C. Vancouver, BC May 12, 1936.
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