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Japanese Canadian soldiers and the 1931 vote

The Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park, Vancouver, photographed in 2026.
The Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park, Vancouver, photographed in 2026. Japanese Canadian War Memorial Stanley Park Vancouver BC V6G 3B3 Canada · Spudgun67 · Photo source · Photo licence: CC0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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During the First World War, 222 Japanese Canadian soldiers overcame barriers to enlistment and prejudice to fight on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918; a quarter of them died in battle. In 1931, the returning veterans became the first group of Asian Canadians to win the right to vote in British Columbia.

Scope & context

The veterans’ service and their voting rights victory, not the wartime internment of Japanese Canadians.

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