Keywords: StateLibQld 1 72579 Women inside the gate of the city polling station, voting for the first time in a Queensland state election, May 1907 (suffragette movement in Queensland).jpg en Women inside the gate of the city polling station voting for the first time in a Queensland state election May 1907 suffragette movement in Queensland On 5 January 1905 two years after the formation of the Queensland Women's Electoral League the Electoral Franchise Bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly to give the women of Queensland the right to vote The Elections Acts Amendment Bill providing the necessary machinery was introduced at the same time Despite some misgivings about abolishing the plural vote and difficulty with postal voting these issues were overcome and the legislation giving the women of Queensland the right to vote was finally passed It was assented to by the Lieutenant-Governor on 26 January 1905 1907-05-25 handle 10462/deriv/87373 Copied and digitised from The Queenslander 25 May 1907 Contributor s The Queenslander PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Crowds in Australia Women's clothing of Australia Men's clothing of Australia Headgear of Australia People with hats Women's suffrage in Queensland Queensland state election 1907 1907 in Brisbane Black and white photographs |