Below is a timeline of milestones in the Canadian political arena as it relates to Canada’s black population.
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1834
The history of Black Canadian voting rights is marked…
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1859
Abraham Doras Shadd, the first Afro-Canadian to hold public office,…
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1916
On 28 January 1916, Manitoba women became the first in Canada…
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1917
In the controversial Wartime Elections Act passed on September…
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1918
On 24 May 1918, the majority of female citizens…
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1963
Leonard Austin Braithwaite, CM, OOnt, QC, lawyer, politician (born…
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1964
Saint-Firmin (S. F.) Monestime (December 16, 1909 – October 27,…
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1968
In 1965, Alexander ran in the Canadian federal election…
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1972
Early years Rosemary Brown was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in…
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1984
Anne Clare Cools (born August 12, 1943) is a…
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1984
DAURENE E. LEWIS, CM, DTSN, MBA, DHumL Halifax, Nova…
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1990
Zanana Lorraine Akande (born c. 1937) is a former politician in Ontario,…
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1993
Jean Augustine’s story is a testament to the power…
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2003
Alvin Curling (born November 15, 1939) is a Jamaican-born Canadian…
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2004
Operation Black Vote Canada (OBVC) was established in 2004…
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2005
Michaëlle Jean PC CC CMM COM CD FRCPSC(hon) (French pronunciation: [mika.ɛl ʒɑ̃]; born September 6, 1957)…
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2011
Vivian Barbot (born July 7, 1941) is a Canadian teacher,…
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