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Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28 261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	12 Jun 2007 18:26
	Yes it would be 21 for men, and I'm not sure if women had to be older (perhaps someone else would know). Kath. x
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 1 489 Send Message	Right said Fred	Report	12 Jun 2007 18:28
	The Representation of the people act in 1918 meant that all men over 21 could vot and all women over 30. This was changed by the 1928 Representation of the People act which made it 21 for both.
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 642 Send Message	Jennifer	Report	12 Jun 2007 18:29
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 642 Send Message	Yes, the Family Law Reform Act was passed in 1969, with the age of majority lowered to 18 from 1970. Jennifer
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 150 Send Message	Mary	Report	12 Jun 2007 18:32
	Would I be correct in assuming that to be registered on the electoral roll in 1930 you had to be 21 years old not 18 trying to work out years of birth so I can find them in BMDs Thanks Carol
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 150 Send Message	Mary	Report	12 Jun 2007 19:07
	Thanks everyone just gotta work out years of birth now so I can find them on BMDs