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Following the Wartime Elections Act, poster campaigns targeted female voters, playing on their fears for their soldier sons and husbands to encourage them to vote for the Union Government. The full text of the poster (circa 1917), which suggests how a newly enfranchised mother may be feeling about what her vote means, is transcribed below.

Black and white illustration, sepia tone background. A matronly woman in an apron has her hands on a soldier's shoulder; she looks at him with admiration. — (Library and Archives Canada, Acquisition No. 1983-28-731 / e010697158.)

*The poster is transcribed in full.*

The Canadian Mother

"Good bye and God bless you my boy! While you are away I will do my duty and cast my ballot for the union government which will stand by you. You shall not be deserted."

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