CHAPTER V. 
THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES. 
l. QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS. 
THE qualifications required of electors to the Assemblies Electors. 
vary very considerably in the different provinces. All agree 
in requiring electors to be 
1. Males, 
2. Of the age of 21 years, 
3. And not under any special legal disqualification. 
British Columbia is the only province that does not exact 
a property qualification of some kind: Ontario is the only 
province that accepts an income or wages qualification. 
The following is a brief summary of the qualifications in 
each province. 
Ontario. 
The qualifications of electors are governed by c. 9 of the Ontario. 
Revised Statutes of 1887. The following persons are entitled 
bo be registered as voters. 
I. Persons entered on the assessment roll as’ owners, Property. 
benants, or occupants of real property of the value of (a) $200 
in cities and towns or (b) $100 in villages and townships. 
2. Householders House- 
holders, 
(a) entered as such on the assessment roll of 
the municipality,