Citizens on the island of Newfoundland won the right to vote and run for political office in 1832, when Britain granted the colony representative government.
Today, Canadian citizens aged 18 and older have the right to vote in federal, provincial, and municipal elections. This is known as universal suffrage.
An account of the speech by Premier H.W. Hoyles (Conservative, District of Burin) Assembly Debate, February 14, 1865. <em>The Newfoundlander</em>, March 16, 1865.