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Landmgijk decision nin nt Women named persons 50 years 090 OTTAWA tIi Fifty years ago today women in Canada were declared for the first time in law to be persons The news came as complete shock to many women who had not known they were not persons un til they heard it stated that they were Nellie Mc Clung said at the time Mrs Meflung Prairie writer political activist and militant suffragette was one of five Alberta women whose persistent painstaking battle led to the land mark legal decision by the judicial committee of the Privy Council in London England To women celebrating the 50th anniversary of that Oct 18 1929 ruling it has become known popularly as The lersons Case The judicial committee at that time was still the final court of appeal from the courts of Canada It continued until 1949 And on that historic day it over turned Supreme Court of Canada ruling by declar mg that the word persons in Section 24 of the British North America Act anadas constitution includes nttnllJIIS of the male and female sex It was great victory for the Alberta group in prin ciple and in practice It meant that the federal government could no longer refuse to have women ap pointed to the Senate of Canada Section 24 simply says that the Governortieneial can Iroin time to time summon qualified persons to thiSenate IIIII II IIRSI The Commons had elected its first woman member Agnes Macphail of Ontario in 1921 But to the dismay of the Montreal Womens Club that same year the federal government rejected its reconiiiieiidation to appoint Emily Murphy to the Senate The reiection was not on grounds that she lacked qualifications but on grounds that she wasnt person Murphy was aii Edmonton police magistrate ho In her first days on the court bench in 1291 had been repeatedly challenged by defence lawyer shouting Youre not even person You have no right to be holding court Murphy was also president of the Federated Womens Institutes and active in the National Council of Women She was member of the Canadian Womens Press Club now the Media Club of Canada writing underthe name Janey Canuck Arthur Meighen then prime minister told the Mon treal Womens Club that the justice department hart advised him that the constitution prohibited appoint ment of women to the Senate He would do something about it if reelected he promised He wasnt His successor William Lyon Mackenzie King received many pet it ions from omens organizations Still nothing The women were teniorarily buoyed by 1921 Alberta Supreme Court ruling that there was no legal reason to disqualify anyone from public office because oftheii sex Finally Emily Murphy learned from her Itlltlitl an Ontario Supreme Court judge that any five citizens could petition the federal government to direct the Supreme oiirt of Canada to rule on inter pretatioiis of constitutional point MlCT IttlR tlIIICRS Late in 1927 she met with four likeriiiinded women including Mctlung There was Louise McKinney of laresholme the first woman elected to legislative body in Canada the Alberta legislature iii 1917 She also was president of the Womens hristiaii leiiiixraiice tnion There was llciirietta Muir Edwards of Macleod president of the Alberta Provincial Council of Women and lreiie larlby former president of the United Farm Women of Alberta who then was member of the Alberta legislature for Lacombe and minister without portfolio in the provincial govern ment Male board installs Eastern Star officers The soloist was Iiill t1tIt1gtttlt accompanied first tIIrlltltlt lllSltiIIlllL board performed the we tv bv 111 my III insaillation of tilllU for pyonmM by Im 8mm Thwnmskn installed her husband as Worthy lat ron ihislaiiie I1ltIt was installed as Worthy Matron for the year Itlelrlltl The Worthy welcomed too members and guests frotii Bait iic Stroud rcciiiore Quceiisville Midland Stayiier Toronto and Kapuskasing the coming year for the trder of the Eastern Star ltayview thapter to The ceremony took place on ctober 13 Installing officer Ray Latimer was assisted by Harvey Baldwin Ripley ltallaiityiie Joseph Hesse Ray lnsliop Leslie Walker lloward No hle Jack Mctullough IIric Milloii Mervin Booth Irank Loyeriiig and William Young Proceeds to AID Red Cross Open house The Barrie Branch of the Canadian Red ross Society will be holding an open house and sale at the Red ross rooms 1H lapperfoii St on Saturday October 27 from to 1o liiie quality knitted sweaters afgliaiis mittens and scarves hand crafted by the Ladies troup at Sandy tovc Health hustle Mciiibcis and non iiieiiibeis alike are iiiyited to tom the health hustle and come out to the annual all members lllLlIIl of the llariic YMYWtA iioyc St on Monday tic toberfllfroiiii ttitoti llltp iii The cyeniiig will be highlighted by tour of the and piogiaiii dciiioiistralioiis of such activities as swimming lifesaving iacoiict sports daii ciiiu L11111tsllts basketball iiiittitnesstcstiiiu In addition the cyciiiiiu lII include health hiistle for young and old alike brief business update and light refreshments tcriaii Church say lot Without costing cad BATH LINEN BOUTIQUE 140 Victoria St Barrie Acres the Stitch and tliattcr iroup of Westiiiiiistci Iiesbyr and friends of the society will be available for purchase along with variety of home baking lIisplays illustrating Erma Morrison The floral ceremony was Matron and Worthy lation ioss international and Domestic Emergency Relief programs will also be featured and staff will be on duty to answer all questions All proceeds from the sale will be used for other Red They persuaded the federal government to seek ruling and the persons case opened before the Supreme Court March 14 1928 On April 24 the court ruled that persons did not include women The Mur phy group decided to appeal to the Privy Council The Supreme Court was overruled Their Lordships have come to the conclusion that the word persons includes members of the male and female sex and that therefore women are eligible to be summoned and become members of the Senate of Canada Weeks later Prime Minister Mackenzie King made Cairine Wilson of Ottawa the first woman senator She was active in welfare refugee and Liberal party organizations and was vicespresident of the Victorian Order of Nurses In her maiden speech Feb 25 1930 in the scarlet upper chamber she paid tribute to the bravery of the five women who launched the persons case She also declared herself the representative in the Senate of all Canadian women generating the long standing debate over whether senators should repre sent special interest groups or the entire population of whatever province they come from When Conservative government was elected five years later second woman Iva Fallis of Ontario was appointed to the Senate Btit no further appoint ments of women were made until 1953 when Mariana Iodoin of Quebec Nancy Hodges of British Columbia and Muriel Fergusson of New Brunswick were sum moncd Altogether there now have been 19 senators in cluding three sworn in last week Yvette Rousseau of Quebec former president of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of women Dalia Woods of Quebec Liberal party organizer and Martha Bielish of Alberta longtime member and past president of the Federated Womens Institutes of Canada These four women are among the few named to the Canadian Senate in the 50 years since women in Canada were declared to be persons Agnes MacPhail pioneer in womens rights in Canada was elected to the House of Commons in I92I but prior to the I929 ruling by the Judicial Committee people plaoes October Xmas The annual Royal Victoria Hospital Auxiliarys Christmas in October starts at 930 am Wednesday October 31 in the main lobby of the hospital Featured will be gifts for Christmas craft and goulso visit the new addition to the Home Hardware You on do It you in DUITYUUIISELF 142 BOIID SDBOIBI Bl IIIIIOOI WIIB Long lasting copper Wire Sold only in lengths listed at prices Shown Our reg 14C Ft 36861034 FL 368672014 Our 250 Lengin Ft 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