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Categories: Feminism and history, Supreme Court of Canada reference question cases, 1929 in Canadian case law, Canadian constitutional case law, Canadian civil rights case law
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Edwards v Canada  Edwards v. canada  Edwards v AG  Person's Case  Persons Case
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Edwards v Canada, also known as the Persons Case, is a Canadian constitutional case that decided in 1929 that women were eligible to sit in the Senate of Canada. Wikipedia
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AG
Attorney General
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Edwards v Canada, also known as the Persons Case, is a Canadian constitutional case that decided in 1929 that women were eligible to sit in the Senate of Canada. Wikipedia
1929 court case which declared the word "person" in the Constitution of Canada includes women Wikidata
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reference question
APPLIES TO JURISDICTION
Canada
COURT
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
DEFENDANT
Government of Canada
PLAINTIFF
The Famous Five
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Edwards v Canada (AG)
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Edwards v Canada (Attorney General)
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Edwards v. canada, Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General), Edwards v Canada (Attorney General), Person's Case, Persons Case, The Person's Case
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Edwards v AG, Persons Case, Reference Re a Reference as to Meaning of Word "Persons" in Section 24 of British North America Act, 1867, Edwards v Canada (AG)

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