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Edwards v Canada (AG)—also known as the Persons Case (French: l'Affaire « personne »)—is a famous Canadian constitutional case that decided in 1929 that women were eligible to sit in the Senate of Canada. The legal case was put forward by the Government of Canada on the lobbying of a group of women known as the Famous Five: Henrietta Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy and Irene Parlby. The case began as a reference case by the federal Cabinet directly to the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled that women were not "qualified persons" and thus ineligible to sit in the Senate. The five women then appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Imperial Privy Council in London, at that time the court of last resort for Canada within the British Empire and Commonwealth. The Judic

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  • Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General) (de)
  • Edwards v Canada (AG) (en)
  • Edwards c. Canada (P.g.) (fr)
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  • Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General) [1930] A.C. 124 – auch bekannt als Persons Case – ist ein kanadisch-britisches Gerichtsurteil, das bestimmte, dass Frauen kanadische Senatorinnen werden können. Der Fall wurde von den kanadischen Famous Five: Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Emily Murphy (1868–1933), Louise McKinney und Irene Parlby, angestrengt, die das Verfahren bis vor den Justizausschuss des Privy Council in London, damals die höchste Revisionsinstanz Kanadas, trugen. (de)
  • Edwards v Canada (AG)—also known as the Persons Case (French: l'Affaire « personne »)—is a famous Canadian constitutional case that decided in 1929 that women were eligible to sit in the Senate of Canada. The legal case was put forward by the Government of Canada on the lobbying of a group of women known as the Famous Five: Henrietta Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy and Irene Parlby. The case began as a reference case by the federal Cabinet directly to the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled that women were not "qualified persons" and thus ineligible to sit in the Senate. The five women then appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Imperial Privy Council in London, at that time the court of last resort for Canada within the British Empire and Commonwealth. The Judic (en)
  • L'arrêt Edwards c. Canada (P.g.) , également connue sous le nom d'Affaire personne, est une célèbre affaire constitutionnelle canadienne qui a été décidée en 1929 et qui a établi que les femmes étaient admissibles à siéger au Sénat du Canada. C'est un événement qui a profondément changé l’histoire des femmes au Canada, au niveau social et politique. (fr)
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  • Edwards v Canada (en)
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