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Henrietta Muir Edwards v. Attorney-General for Canada (Persons Case), 1930
From: The Court and the Constitution
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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council unanimously ruled that "persons" in section 24 of the British North America Act included both men and women and that as such, women were eligible to serve as senators.
Contributors
Tom Bateman
Thomas Bateman is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at St. Thomas University in Fredericton.
Janet Hieber
Janet Hiebert is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston.
Rainer Knopff
Rainer Knopff is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary.
Peter Russell
Peter H. Russell is Professor of political science (Emeritus) at the University of Toronto.
