With Prime Minister Mackenzie King's moral and financial
support, the decision was appealed to what was at that time
Canada's highest court of appeal, the Judicial Committee of
the Privy Council of England.
On
October 18, 1929, Lord Sankey, Lord Chancellor of the
five male member Privy Council, announced that "yes, women
are persons . . . and eligible to be summoned and may become
Members of the Senate of Canada."