Editing Women's suffrage (section)

==== South Africa ====
The campaign for women's suffrage was conducted largely by the [[Women's Enfranchisement Association of the Union]], which was founded in 1911.<ref>Ian Christopher Fletcher, Philippa Levine, Laura E. Nym Mayhall :''[https://books.google.com/books?id=7U5hln57PtkC&dq=Women%E2%80%99s+Enfranchisement+Association+of+the+Union+%28WEAU%29&pg=PA73 Women's Suffrage in the British Empire: Citizenship, Nation and Race]''</ref>

The franchise was extended to [[white South African|white]] women 21 years or older by the [[Women's Enfranchisement Act, 1930]]. The first general election at which women could vote was the [[1933 South African general election|1933&nbsp;election]]. At that election [[Leila Reitz]] (wife of [[Deneys Reitz]]) was elected as the first female&nbsp;MP, representing [[Parktown]] for the [[South African Party]]. The limited voting rights available to non-white men in the [[Cape Province]] and [[Natal Province|Natal]] ([[Transvaal Province|Transvaal]] and the [[Orange Free State]] practically denied all non-whites the right to vote, and had also done so to white foreign nationals when independent in the 1800s) were not extended to women, and were themselves progressively eliminated between 1936 and 1968.

The right to vote for the Transkei Legislative Assembly, established in 1963 for the [[Transkei]] [[bantustan]], was granted to all adult citizens of the Transkei, including women. Similar provision was made for the Legislative Assemblies created for other bantustans. All adult [[coloured]] citizens were eligible to vote for the [[Coloured Persons Representative Council]], which was established in 1968 with limited legislative powers; the council was however abolished in 1980. Similarly, all adult [[Indian South Africans|Indian]] citizens were eligible to vote for the [[South African Indian Council]] in 1981. In 1984 the [[Tricameral Parliament]] was established, and the right to vote for the [[House of Representatives of South Africa|House of Representatives]] and [[House of Delegates of South Africa|House of Delegates]] was granted to all adult Coloured and Indian citizens, respectively.

In 1994 the bantustans and the Tricameral Parliament were abolished and the right to vote for the [[National Assembly of South Africa|National Assembly]] was granted to all adult citizens.