The Dominion Elections Act, later renamed to the Canada Elections Act in 1951, was a bill passed by the House of Commons of Canada in 1920, under Robert Borden's Unionist government. The Act allowed women to run for the Parliament of Canada. However, women from minorities, for example, Aboriginals and Asians, were not granted these rights. This bill was passed due in part to the advocacy of Nellie McClung, a women's rights activist from Manitoba. The law established the agency now known as Elections Canada with the position of Chief Electoral Officer as head of the agency.