Why was naturalisation needed in early 1914?

[Dinkydidy]

Thanks for your comments and examples. It was not something I had encountered in the past, since all my forebears were of British origin.

[Aussie1947]

If you were not a British Subject or Naturalised one couldn't vote either.

Gerry

[Skoosh]

In the UK of 1914 the majority of the peeps never had the vote anyhow!

Skoosh.

[cando]

In the UK of 1914 the majority of the peeps never had the vote anyhow!

Skoosh.

But they did in Australia

The Commonwealth of Australia Franchise Act of 1902. The first Parliament granted the right to vote to men and women who were British subjects 21 years or older. This franchise applied to both houses of federal parliament and was free of property qualification.

Cheers
Cando

[Skoosh]

Well ahead of so-called British democracy Cando, it took the mass carnage of the Great War to extend the franchise & even today there are 600 sitting in the House of Lords (at vast expense) who are completely unelected & making rules for the rest of us!

Citizen not Subject?

Skoosh.

[Johnf04]

I hate to brag, but in New Zealand, the property qualification was abolished in 1879, and the franchise extended to women in 1893.