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- Title
Destroying “Foul and Filthy” Committee Evidence: Revisiting a Peculiar Private Bill and a Senate Scandal.
- Authors
Feldman, Charlie
- Abstract
The article delves into a peculiar incident in Canadian parliamentary history involving Mary Matilda White's petition for a divorce bill in 1888, which alleged her husband's impotence and led to a scandalous series of events resulting in the Senate ordering the destruction of committee evidence. It also discusses the procedural aspects of divorce bills during that era and the unique experience of women engaging with Parliament before they had voting rights or representation.
- Subjects
LEGISLATIVE bills; LEGAL evidence; OBSCENITY (Law); DIVORCE law; LEGISLATIVE committees; LEGAL history
- Publication
Canadian Parliamentary Review, 2023, Vol 46, Issue 4, p23
- ISSN
0229-2548
- Publication type
Article