aug 29, 1917 - Military Service Act & Bill

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- PM Borden passed Military Service Act
- allows soldiers cast vote on the front
- also passed Military Service Bill, which enacted conscription
- all men ages 19 - 45 had to enlist
- over 400,000 were conscripted but only 24,000
served at the Front
- Wartime Elections Act extended federal vote to
women for first time. Only nurses at the Front
and wives, mothers, or sisters of soldiers could
vote

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