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Bill C-368

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C-368
First Session, Forty-first Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-368
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting age)
first reading, November 30, 2011

NOTE

2nd Session, 41st Parliament

This bill was introduced during the First Session of the 41st Parliament. Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, it is deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation of the First Session. The number of the bill remains unchanged.
Mr. Davies

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SUMMARY
This enactment lowers the federal voting age in Canada to 16 years of age.

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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
house of commons of canada
BILL C-368
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting age)
2000, c. 9
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Section 3 of the Canada Elections Act is replaced by the following:
Persons qualified as electors
3. Every person who is a Canadian citizen and is 16 years of age or older on polling day is qualified as an elector.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons



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