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THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES.

In each case the person must be resident in the electoral
division for three months.

British Columbia.

British No property qualification is required’.
Columbia. titled to be registered as voters provided
Residence. (1) they have resided in the province for 12 months,
and

Persons are en-(2)

 have resided in the electoral district for two
months of that period previous to sending in a claim to vote.
Indians and Chinese are not entitled to vote.

North West Territory.

N.w.Ter- All bona fide residents and householders, not being unne
 enfranchised Indians, within the electoral district, and who
holders. have resided in such electoral district for at least 12 months
immediately prior to the issue of the writ of election are
entitled to vote

Persons
disqualified.


In each Province certain persons are disqualified by law
from voting on account of the official positions they hold.
The disqualification is usually extended to Judges of Superior,
Admiralty and County Courts, Clerks of the Crown and of
the Peace, Registrars, Sheriffs, officers in Customs and Excise,
 agents for the sale of Crown Lands, and Postmasters in
cities and towns.
Indians are disqualified in Manitoba and policemen in
Quebec ®,
Persons who have been guilty of corrupt practices are
subject to temporary disqualifications. They cannot be
registered or vote at an election for 8 years in Ontario,

1 B. C. 40 Vic. c. 66. 2 43 Vie. c. 25, 8. 17.
3 See O. R. 8.1887, ¢. 9, ss. 4—86, 8.45. Q. 38 Vic. ¢. 7, 8. 11. B. C.
Consol. Stat. 1887, c. 66, ss. 8, 6, and 42 Vic. c¢. 22, 8. 4. Man. Consol. Stat.
e. 3, 8. 8: 44 Viet. ¢. 12, 8. 6. N, S. Rev. Stat. 1884, c. 4, 8. 67,