March decisions shape Manitoba politics and ballots
March, the decision month, sees parties clash over candidate slots and readiness. The NDP and Liberals struggle to field full slates while the PC party consolidates with a ready roster. Voters eye a April 19 election as calls for change rise amid leadership shifts and campaign costs.
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Winnipeg Free Press
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Manitoba Women Win the Vote A Century Later
A reflection on Manitoba as the first Canadian province to grant women suffrage in 1916, the diverse coalition behind it, key figures like Mary Crawford and Nellie McClung, and the lesson of prairie partnerships in advancing equality. It notes International Women's Day on March 8 and compares early Western progress with global gender equality.
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Trades and Labor Council
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Rodmond Roblin
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Utah
Colorado
Idaho
Prairies
Mary Crawford
Amelia
Lillian Yeomans
Cora Hind
Lillian
Francis Beynon
Nellie McClung
East
Western Canada
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