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On the 10th of August 1967 Aboriginal australians having the right to vote became law.
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How many years did it take for aboriginals get the right to vote?
In Canada, Aboriginal people gained the right to vote without losing their status in 1960. Before then, if an Aboriginal person wanted to vote, they would have to forfeit their status as an Aboriginal.
Why is it so important that Aboriginal people get the right to vote?
Because they are native Australians who should get just as much right to vote as the others.
How many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had the right to vote on the last census?
all of them
When did aboriginals get the right to vote?
There are many aboriginal people around the world, if your question refers to Australia :The Aboriginal Land Rights Act was passed in 1976
What are four Canadian rights?
mobility, aboriginal peoples, official language, multiculturalism
When did aboriginal women get the right to vote in Canada?
Same time as other women. Federally, The Dominion Elections Act was passed in 1920. It gave women, except for First Nations women, the right to vote. Inuit and Aboriginals, both male and female were denied the right to vote. Prior to this, different provinces passed legislation allowing women to vote in provincial elections.
What is the voting rights of aboriginal people in federation?
Now it is the same as anyone over 18 years of age, but they had to fight for the right to vote many years ago.
It is right for aboriginal Australians to have the right to vote?
In 1967 a Commonwealth Referendum was held which allowed Aboriginal people for the first time to be counted as part of the Australian population. The change to the Constitution also allowed the Australian Government to legislate on behalf of all Indigenous people. The first census which included Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people took place in 1971. The restrictive laws relating to Aboriginal Australians that had been in operation for over three decades were not abolished until a Labor Government under the Prime Ministership of Gough Whitlam came to power in 1972. As citizens of Australia, Aboriginal Australians have very right to vote just like any other citizen. Learn more about Aboriginal Australia in First People Then And Now: Introducing Indigenous Australians by Marji Hill
In what year did Aboriginal Australians win the vote?
Many sources state that a referendum to change the Australian Constitution in 1967 gave indigenous people the vote, and even many Aborigines themselves are of this belief. This referendum actually removed a provision from the constitution that excluded Aboriginal people from census figures which in turn were used to calculate the distribution and boundaries of electorates. This constitutional revision was required to correct the anomaly that while Aboriginal people already had the vote they were not included in the calculations used to make for electorates with approximately equal numbers of voters. Australian Aboriginals' right to vote varied from territory to territory with some (including women) having the right to vote (though rarely exercised) from the 19th century. Federal legislation in 1949 and 1962 formalized voting qualifications for Aboriginal people and with the State of Queensland introducing legislation in 1965, all Australians of Aboriginal descent then had full voting rights in all parts of the country and were able to vote in the referendum that supposedly 'gave them the vote'. See the related weblink below.
When did aboriginals get to vote?
It is a popular myth that a referendum to change the Australian Constitution in 1967 gave Aboriginals the vote. What the referendum actually did was to remove a provision from the constitution that excluded Aboriginal people from census figures which in turn were used to calculate the distribution and boundaries of electorates. This constitutional revision was required to correct the anomaly that while Aboriginal people already had the vote they were not included in the calculations used to make for electorates with approximately equal numbers of voters.Australian Aboriginal's right to vote varied from territory to territory with some (including women) having the right to vote (though rarely exercised) from the 19th century. Federal legislation in 1949 and 1962 formalized voting qualifications for Aboriginal people and with the State of Queensland introducing legislation in 1965, all Australians of Aboriginal descent then had full voting rights in all parts of the country and were able to vote in the referendum that supposedly 'gave them the vote'.See this article for full details:http://www.aec.gov.au/voting/indigenous_vote/aborigin.htmThe myth that Aborigines gained the right to vote in the 1967 referendum is perpetuated by lazy and inept journalists and to a certain extent by the consent of a ruling class that likes to pretend that Australian society is less racist than it is. It has been conjectured that a popular referendum to actually give political rights to Aboriginal people would not have passed.
Changing rights and freedoms of Aboriginal people?
Generally, Aboriginal people didn't have rights and freedom, until WWII Aboriginal people then where allowed to vote, be part of the Census and be an Citizen. Aboriginal people are Australians and have the same rights as white Australians, they shouldn't be discriminated against for whatever reason whether it is a good discrimination or ill.
Is the right to vote a fundemental right?
does people living overseas have the right to vote
