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- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) abstract "Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General) — also known as the Persons Case — is a famous Canadian constitutional case that decided that women were eligible to sit in the Canadian Senate. The case, put forward by the Government of Canada on the lobbying of a group of women known as the Famous Five, began as a reference case in the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled that women were not "qualified persons" and thus ineligible to sit in the Senate. The case then went to the Judicial Committee of the Imperial Privy Council, at that time the court of last resort for Canada within the British Empire and Commonwealth. The Judicial Committee overturned the Supreme Court's decision.The Persons Case was a landmark case in two respects. First, it established that Canadian women were eligible to be appointed senators. Second, it established what came to be known as the "living tree doctrine", which is a doctrine of constitutional interpretation that says that a constitution is organic and must be read in a broad and liberal manner so as to adapt it to changing times.".
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- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) appealedFrom Supreme_Court_of_Canada.
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) caption "William Lyon Mackenzie King unveiled plaque to the Valiant Five in the Persons Case".
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) citations "[1930] A.C. 124, 1929 UKPC 86.".
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) court Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council.
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) dateDecided "1929-10-18".
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) decisionBy "Lord Sankey".
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) fullName "Edwards v. Canada".
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- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) judges "Lord Darling".
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) judges "Lord Merrivale".
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) judges "Lord Sankey, L.C.".
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) judges "Lord Tomlin".
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) judges "Sir Lancelot Sanderson".
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) name "Edwards v. Canada".
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) numberOfJudges "5".
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) priorActions "Reference re Meaning of the Word "Persons" in s. 24 of the BNA Act, [1928] S.C.R. 276".
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) subject Category:1929_in_Canadian_case_law.
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) subject Category:Canadian_civil_rights_case_law.
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) subject Category:Canadian_constitutional_case_law.
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) subject Category:Feminism_and_history.
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) subject Category:Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council_cases_on_appeal_from_Canada.
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) subject Category:Senate_of_Canada.
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) subject Category:Supreme_Court_of_Canada_cases.
- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) subject Category:Women's_rights_in_Canada.
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- Edwards_v._Canada_(Attorney_General) comment "Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General) — also known as the Persons Case — is a famous Canadian constitutional case that decided that women were eligible to sit in the Canadian Senate. The case, put forward by the Government of Canada on the lobbying of a group of women known as the Famous Five, began as a reference case in the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled that women were not "qualified persons" and thus ineligible to sit in the Senate.".
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