| Constitutional Amendment (Adult Suffrage) Act 1894 | |
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| Parliament of South Australia | |
| Citation | Constitution Amendment Act (No 613 of 57 and 58 Vic, 1894)[1] |
| Territorial extent | South Australia |
| Enacted | 18 December 1894 |
| Signed by | Queen Victoria |
| Repealed | 1 January 1935 |
| Introduced by | John Hannah Gordon |
| Repealed by | |
| Constitution Act 1934 | |
| Status: Repealed | |
The Constitutional Amendment (Adult Suffrage) Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of South Australia to amend the South Australian Constitution Act 1856 to include women's suffrage.[2] It was the seventh attempt to introduce voting rights for women and received widespread public support including the largest petition ever presented to the South Australian parliament. The proposed legislation was amended during debate to include the right of women to stand for parliament after an opponent miscalculated that such a provision would cause the bill to be defeated. Once passed, South Australia become the fourth state in the world to give women the vote and the first to give women the right to be elected to parliament.
- ^ "Constitution Amendment Act (No 613 of 57 and 58 Vic, 1894)". AustLII. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "National Museum of Australia - Defining moments - Women's suffrage". National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 9 April 2021.