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The following sources were consulted during the writing of A History of the Vote in Canada:

Abella, Irving Martin.
"The 'Sydenham Election' of 1841." Canadian Historical Review Vol. 47, No. 4 (December 1966).
Abbott, Elizabeth, ed., and Jacques Legrand.
Chronicle of Canada. Montréal: Chronicle Publications, 1990.
Adachi, Ken.
The Enemy That Never Was: A History of the Japanese Canadians. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976.
Bacchi, Carol.
"Liberation Deferred: The Ideas of the English-Canadian Suffragists, 1877–1918." Ph.D. thesis. Montréal: McGill University, 1976.
Black, Jerome H.
"Reforming the Context of the Voting Process in Canada: Lessons from Other Democracies." Voter Turnout in Canada, ed. Herman Bakvis. Vol. 15 of the research studies of the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. Toronto and Oxford: Dundurn Press, 1991.
Bosc, Marc and André Gagnon, eds.
House of Commons Procedure and Practice, Third Edition. Ottawa: House of Commons, 2017.
Brodie, Janine, with the assistance of Celia Chandler.

"Women and the Electoral Process in Canada." Women in Canadian Politics: Toward Equity in Representation, ed. Kathy Megyery. Vol. 6 of the research studies of the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. Toronto and Oxford: Dundurn Press, 1991.

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Canada. Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing (RCERPF).

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Cleverdon, Catherine L.
The Woman Suffrage Movement in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1950.
Cornell, Paul G., et al.
Canada, Unity in Diversity. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967.
Courtney, John C.

Commissioned Ridings: Designing Canada's Electoral Districts. Montréal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.

–, updated by Harold Jansen. "Right to Vote in Canada." The Canadian Encyclopedia, 15 February 2019.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DCB).
Volumes IV (1979), V (1983), VII (1988), VIII (1985), X (1972). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966–.
Diefenbaker, John G.
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Eagles, Munroe.
"Voting and Non-voting in Canadian Federal Elections: An Ecological Analysis." Voter Turnout in Canada, ed. Herman Bakvis. Vol. 15 of the research studies of the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. Toronto and Oxford: Dundurn Press, 1991.
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–. The Electoral System of Canada, 4th Edition. Gatineau: Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, 2015.

–. Political Communications in the Digital Age: Discussion Paper 3: The Protection of Electors' Personal Information in the Federal Electoral Context. Gatineau: Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, May 2020.

Electoral Boundaries Commissions.
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English, John.
The Decline of Politics: The Conservatives and the Party System 1901–20. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1977.
Fenton, William N.
The Great Law and the Longhouse: A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998.
Franquet, Louis.
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Garner, John.
The Franchise and Politics in British North America, 1755–1867. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1969.
Hamel, J. M.
"Canadian Women and the Vote." Chelsea Journal (September/October 1975).
Hamelin, Jean, and Marcel Hamelin.
Les mœurs électorales dans le Québec de 1791 à nos jours. Montréal: Éditions du Jour, 1962.
Hamelin, Jean, John Huot and Marcel Hamelin.
Aperçu de la politique canadienne au XIXesiècle. Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 1965.
House of Commons, Standing Committee on Electoral Reform.
"Strengthening Democracy in Canada: Principles, Process and Public Engagement for Electoral Reform." Report 3, 1st Session, 42nd Parliament, December 2016.
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Lamoureux, Diane.
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Lavergne, France.
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Law Commission of Canada.
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Leslie, John F.
"Indigenous Suffrage." The Canadian Encyclopedia, 31 March 2016.
Lithwick, Dara and Sebastian Spano.
The Canadian Electoral System. Ottawa: Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament, revised 22 October 2015.
Milen, Robert A.
"Aboriginal Constitutional and Electoral Reform." Aboriginal Peoples and Electoral Reform in Canada, ed. Robert A. Milen. Vol. 9 of the research studies of the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. Toronto and Oxford: Dundurn Press, 1991.
Mishler, William.
Political Participation in Canada: Prospects for Democratic Citizenship. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1979.
Neufeld, Harry.
Compliance Review: Final Report and Recommendations: A Review of Compliance with Election Day Registration and Voting Process Rules. Gatineau: Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, 2013.
Niemczak, Peter and Célia Jutras.
Aboriginal Political Representation: A Review of Several Jurisdictions. Ottawa: Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament, 27 October 2008.
Pammett, Jon H.
"Voting Turnout in Canada." Voter Turnout in Canada, ed. Herman Bakvis. Vol. 15 of the research studies of the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. Toronto and Oxford: Dundurn Press, 1991.
Pammett, Jon H., and Lawrence LeDuc.
Explaining the Turnout Decline in Canadian Federal Elections: A New Survey of Non-voters. Gatineau: Elections Canada, 2003.
Pomfret, Richard.
The Economic Development of Canada. Scarborough: Nelson Canada, 1987. Original published by Methuen Publications, 1981.
Power, Charles Gavan.
A Party Politician: The Memoirs of Chubby Power. Edited by Norman Ward. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1966.
Preston, W. T. R.
My Generation of Politics and Politicians. Toronto: D.A. Rose Publishing Co., 1927.
Qualter, T. H.
The Election Process in Canada. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Company of Canada, 1970.
Robertson, James R.
Bill C-24: An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Income Tax Act (political financing). Legislative Summary. Ottawa: Parliamentary Research Branch, Library of Parliament, 2003.
Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada.
Report: Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1985.
Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing.
Reforming Electoral Democracy: Final Report. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada,1991.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
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Roy, Patricia E.
"Citizens Without Votes: East Asians in British Columbia, 1872–1947." Ethnicity, Power and Politics in Canada, eds. Jorgen Dalhie and Tessa Fernando. Toronto: Methuen, 1981.
Ryerson, Stanley Bréhaut.
Unequal Union: Confederation and the Roots of Crisis in the Canadas, 1815–1873. Toronto: Progress Books, 1973. Originally published in 1968.
Scarrow, Howard A.

Canada Votes: A Handbook of Federal and Provincial Election Data. New Orleans: The Hauser Press, 1962.

–. "Patterns of Voter Turnout in Canada." Voting in Canada, ed. John C. Courtney. Scarborough: Prentice-Hall, 1967.

Schull, Joseph.
Laurier: The First Canadian. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1965.
Small, David, ed.
Drawing the Map: Equality and Efficacy of the Vote in Canadian Electoral Boundary Reform. Vol. 11 of the research studies of the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. Toronto and Oxford: Dundurn Press, 1991.
Stanbury, W. T.
Money in Politics: Financing Federal Parties and Candidates in Canada. Vol. 1 of the research studies of the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. Toronto and Oxford: Dundurn Press, 1991.
Stewart, Gordon T.
"John A. Macdonald's Greatest Triumph." Canadian Historical Review Vol. 63 (1982), pp. 3–34.
Ward, Norman.
The Canadian House of Commons: Representation. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963.
Woodsworth, J. S.
Strangers Within Our Gates, or, Coming Canadians. Toronto: F. C. Stephenson, 1909.