How Indians Lost and Finally Won Back the Right to Vote in Canada

How Indians Lost and Finally Won Back the Right to Vote in Canada Sukhwant HundalSadhu BinningIn this episode, we will explore the various aspects of the franchise issue as faced by the Indian immigrants in Canada. We will discuss how and why their right to vote was taken away after their arrival in Canada by passing legislation in the Legislative Assembly in Victoria. What were the economic, political or social causes that created fear among the people in power that they acted on the basis of race to stop the immigration from India or to keep those who did come here at the margin of the society? How did not having the right to vote, negatively affect the daily lives of Indians in Canada? We will also explore the attitude of the British Empire and especially the British government in India and why they supported this demand even as they backed the racist policies of their dominions like Canada, Australia and New Zealand to keep the non-white populations out of the countries and to keep those lands “safe” for the White people of Europe. Finally, we will discuss the different stages and aspects of the long struggle to win back the right to vote by the Indian community. We will also consider who sided with our community's struggle from the larger Canadian society and who opposed it.To see the references for the sources of information used in this paper, please click the link below:https://sukhwanthundal.wordpress.com/2025/04/03/how-indians-lost-and-finally-won-back-the-right-to-vote-in-canada/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.