[490] In 1871 West Australia granted Municipal Suffrage to women.
[491] In 1867 New South Wales granted Municipal Suffrage to women.
[492] In 1869 Victoria granted Municipal Suffrage to women.
[493] The first number of The Australian Woman's Sphere was published in Melbourne, September 1, 1900. It is edited by Miss Vida Goldstein and appears monthly.
[494] In 1886 Queensland granted Municipal Suffrage to Women.
[495] Tasmania granted Municipal Suffrage to women in 1884.
[496] This portion of the report is condensed by the editors of the History from a chapter written by Mrs. Henrietta Muir Edwards for "The Women of Canada, Their Life and Work," a handbook prepared by the National Council of Women, at the request of the Canadian Government, for the Paris Exposition of 1900.
[497] In the city of Vancouver any single woman, widow or spinster, may vote for municipal officers, and all women possessing the other necessary qualifications of male voters may vote for all municipal officers and upon all municipal questions. Married women may vote in the election of School Trustees. It has recently been decided that a man possessing no property of his own, and not being a householder in his own right, may be allowed to vote in municipal matters if his wife be a property owner or a householder. [Eds.