This episode is set in 1905. The women of Avonlea wouldn't be permitted to vote for another 17 years. In Canada, women were given the vote in the four western provinces in 1916, in 1917 in Ontario, in 1918 in Nova Scotia, in 1919 in New Brunswick, in 1922 in Prince Edward Island, and in 1940 in Quebec.
Mrs. Bugle's first name is revealed in this episode to be Eulalie.