The first general election in which women were able to participate occurred in 1928.
Women gained the right to vote and hold public office for the first time 102 years ago in what was then known as the Dominion of Newfoundland. This was made possible after years of campaigning by suffragists, who worked tirelessly to make their voices heard and their votes count. The first general election in which women were able to participate occurred in 1928. In that election, 90 percent of eligible women voters cast ballots. Leading the Newfoundland suffrage movement in the 1920s was Armine Nutting Gosling, a pioneer in social reform and feminism. In 2023, PerSIStence Theatre Company started the Raise Her Up fundraising campaign to have a statue of Gosling erected in St. John’s.
Oil truck on its side on Curling Street, closed from Sheppard Avenue to Lewin Parkway
Route 233 open now near Bloomfield, TCH still closed near Port Blandford
Bidding process has ended to remove a grounded cargo ship in Lark Harbour
RCMP West District GIS arrests man in central, driver flees from police
Applications open for Wildfire Preparedness Day Awards, deadline is January 31st
