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| | Conscription Crisis of 1917 - definition of Conscription Crisis of 1917 in Encyclopedia |
 | | Women, who tended to favour conscription to support their husbands and sons in France were also granted the right to vote in this election. | | | In the election, Borden was opposed not only by Bourassa, but also by Wilfrid Laurier, the leader of the Liberals who had been abandoned by much of his party. | | | After visiting Britain for a meeting of First Ministers in May of 1917, and talking with Canadian soldiers recuperating in British hospitals, Borden announced that he would be introducing conscription. |
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| | Meighen, Arthur - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Meighen, Arthur |
| | In the conscription crisis of 1917 (during World War I), he earned the hatred of Québec for his part in the Military Service Act, which was strongly opposed in that province. | | | He was elected member of parliament for Portage in 1908. | | | Meighen then accepted a commission from the governor general to form a government; this developed into a constitutional crisis, leading to Meighen's defeat. |
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