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Outlines of Women's Franchise
which the subject of Woman Suffrage had been evaded, and moved that the Bill be recommitted, so that provision might be made for women to vote. He was, however, again unsuccessful. In 1881 Dr Wallis introduced a Woman's Franchise Bill, which passed its first reading on July 12, but got no further. For nearly six years the enfranchisement of women seemed forgotten. Ministry succeeded Ministry in kaleidoscopic fashion, but no voice advocated the rights of women. In 1887, however, the question was brought before the Parliament by the "Female Franchise Bill" introduced by Sir Julius Vogel, who was then Colonial Treasurer in the Stout-Vogel Government.
