The Qualification and Registration of Voters Act amendment 1872.

British Columbia was the first province in Canada to explicitly disenfranchise Chinese residents. Through the Qualification and Registration of Voters Act Amendment Act, 1872 (assented October 26, 1872), BC barred “Chinese or Indians” from voting in provincial elections—an early reflection of systemic anti-Chinese racism. This injustice endured for 75 years, until the Provincial Elections Act Amendment Act, 1947 restored voting rights to Chinese British Columbians on April 3, 1947.