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	Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Canada - Elections to the House of Commons
		The Act - known since 1982 as the Constitution Act, 1867 - established a parliamentary form of government along the lines of the Westminster model, composed of a directly elected House of Commons and an appointed Senate.
		However, amendments to the British North America Act, 1867 - the core of Canada's Constitution - still had to be made by an Act of the British Parliament, as the federal and provincial governments were unable to agree on a generally acceptable amending procedure.
		The Reform Party (which became the Canadian Alliance in 2000) displaced the Progressive Conservatives as the major right-wing force at the federal level, but the party was unable to mount an effective challenge to the Liberals, who dominated Canadian federal politics from 1993 to 2006.
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	Reform Act 1867 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Reform Act 1867 (also known as the Second Reform Act) was a piece of British legislation that greatly increased the number of men who could vote in elections in the UK.
		In its final form, the Reform Act 1867 enfranchised all male householders and abolished compounding (the practice of paying rates to a landlord as part of rent).
		Following the Great Reform Act of 1832, it was thought prudent to introduce further electoral reform.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reform_Act_1867 (1423 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Reform Act 1867 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is a incomplete list of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (or its predecessors) for the years to 1987, and a complete list of Acts passed from 1 January 1988 to the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April 2005.
		Reform Act 1918, (The "Fourth" Reform Act), which provided for universal suffrage for men at the age of 21 and enfranchised women (who met a property qualification) at the age of 30, as well as redistributing constituencies.
		Reform Act 1928, (the "Fifth" Reform Act), which enfrachised women at the age of 21, on the same terms as men, and thus introduced universal adult suffrage.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Reform-Act-1867 (4275 words)

	Reform Act 1867: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Reform Act 1867 (also known as the Second Reform Act) was a piece of British legislation[Click link for more facts about this topic] that greatly increased the number of men who could vote in elections in the UK.
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	Reform Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United Kingdom, Reform Act is a generic term used for legislation concerning electoral matters.
		The Reform Act 1832, which gave representation to previously underrepresented urban areas and extended the qualifications for voting.
		The Ballot Act 1872 (sometimes called the "Reform Act of 1872"), which introduced the secret ballot.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reform_Act (287 words)

	British House of Commons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Reform Act 1867 lowered property requirements for voting in the boroughs, reduced the representation of the less populous boroughs, and granted parliamentary seats to several growing industrial towns.
		Prior to the reforms of the 19th century, the constituencies had little basis in population: the counties and the boroughs (whose boundaries were fixed) were, for the most part, represented by two Members each.
		Reforms enacted during the 19th century, starting with the Reform Act 1832, led to a more equitable distribution of seats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_House_of_Commons (7364 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Representation of the People Act 1884 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The act extended the 1867 concessions from the boroughs to the countryside.
		In its final form, the Reform Act 1867 enfranchised all male householders and abolished compounding (the practice of...
		Although this Act greatly widened the electorate it did not give Britain the democracy it yearned for, men did not have total enfranchisement and women did not have a parliamentary voice as no women had the franchise.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Representation-of-the-People-Act-1884 (731 words)

	Reform Acts. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Reform agitation, beginning to develop in the 1760s, was supported by William Pitt and others, but the emergency period of the French Revolution interrupted it.
		The Reform Act of 1884, passed during the administration of William Gladstone, removed the distinction between county and borough franchises and, by the reduction of rural qualifications, added about 2,000,000 more men to the electorate.
		It was not, however, until the passage of the Representation of the People Acts in the 20th cent.
	www.bartleby.com /65/re/ReformAc.html (472 words)

	The National Archives \| Exhibitions & Learning online \| Citizenship \| Struggle for democracy
		Reform groups such as the Sheffield Corresponding Society (founded in December 1791) and the London Corresponding Society (founded in January 1791) were committed to universal 'manhood' (i.e.
		The Prime Minister, Lord Grey, supported reform to 'prevent the necessity of revolution' and was responsible for the first (or 'Great') Reform Act of 1832.
		For many people, 19th-century parliamentary reform was a disappointment because political power was still left in the hands of the aristocracy and the middle classes.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /pathways/citizenship/struggle_democracy/getting_vote.htm (712 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: 1867 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		1867 Arturo Toscanini, conductor, was born in Parma.
		1867 In Fiji Rev. Thomas Baker was murdered and eaten by cannibals at Nubutautau, a remote community high in the hills of the South Pacific island of Viti Levu.
		On the 9th of November, 1867, the old man died; at least his dead body was discovered on the 10th, and physicians testified that death had occurred about twenty-four hours previously--precisely how, they were unable to say; for the post-mortem examination showed every organ to be absolutely healthy, with no indication of disorder or violence.
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	Reform act of 1867 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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	© Women in the election of 1868 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is proposed to submit a short statement of some of the grounds and reasoning in accordance with which it is contended that, under "The Representation of the People Act, 1867," all women who are sui juris, and possess the necessary qualification, are entitled to vote in the election of members of Parliament.
		The golden rule in the interpretation of an Act of Parliament, as of all written instruments, is that its intention is to govern its construction; and what is its intention is to be ascertained from the meaning of the language used.
		In "The Representation of the People Act, 1867," there is no proviso to the contrary; therefore the statutory value must be given to the word "man," and the rights granted by the Act extended to women.
	www.st-andrews.ac.uk /jfec/cal/women/rendell/text/81i.htm (745 words)

	Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 44) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		An Act to remove doubts as to the validity of certain marriages of British subjects abroad.
		An Act to remove doubts as to the validity of certain marriages of British subjects at Lisbon.
		An Act to repeal and in part re-enact certain Acts of Parliament relating to the Ionian States, and to establish the validity of certain things done in the said States.
	www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk /acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880044_en_3.htm (158 words)

	Module 2584 - The Second Reform Act - 1867 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		There was a Reform Act of 1831 which is why the one with which you have to deal is the 'Second'.
		What happened in 1867 is that the electorate was doubled, more men (women, being silly creatures who needed male guidance, were not allowed to vote) voted for M.P.s.
		From 1867 it was not necessary for a man to own his own property to qualify for the vote.
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		The 1867 Reform Act provided the conditions for the renewed advance of Nonconformity, but achieving that advance was an entirely different matter.
		THE 1867 REFORM ACT AND THE WELSH ELECTORATE.
		As a consequence of the 1867 Reform Act the Welsh electorate increased from 61,656 to 124,385.
	tourism.powys.gov.uk /~sionp/hanesfa.celticawales.com/celts/page/p114 (764 words)

	Reform Act of 1867 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Reform Act of 1867 was a controversial piece of Britishlegislation that greatly increased the number of men who could vote in elections in the UK.
		Following the Great Reform Act of 1832, it was decidedprudent to introduce further electoral reform.
		Disraeli was able to persuade his party to votefor the bill, on the basis that the newly enfranchised electorate would be grateful and vote Conservative at the next election.Obviously the Conservatives lost the election of 1867, but the new voters voted in ageneral election for the first time in 1874, which Disraeli's Conservative party won.
	www.therfcc.org /reform-act-of-1867-85638.html (410 words)

	BBC - History - The Second Reform Act 1867 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The 1867 Reform Act attempted to redistribute parliamentary seats in a more equitable manner.
		Reform of the franchise was not the only social change in the Victorian era.
		The last public hangings took place in 1868; Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became the first licensed female doctor in 1865, part of the increased visibility of women in society; and there was a growth in both leisure time and leisure activities - seaside holidays, football, rugby, cricket and golf all boomed.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/timelines/britain/vic_sec_reform.shtml (141 words)

	© M. Brock. The Great Reform Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Although the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1884 were regarded as radical triumphs, both were followed by periods of Conservative ascendancy.
		None of the Reform Acts were followed by the disturbances which the opposition predicted in 1831, and which might have accompanied a more rapid movement towards popular government.
		Basing the first Reform Act on household suffrage in the boroughs instead of the £10 rule would have increased the number of ignorant men who were given the vote.
	www.st-andrews.ac.uk /jfec/cal/1848/document/brocka.htm (5878 words)

	TUC \| History Online
		Trade unions were quick to exploit the new opportunities presented by the extension of the franchise in 1867 to better paid urban male workers by taking on some of the functions of a parliamentary pressure group.
		The first, in 1867, was to enquire into the Trade Unions, following the so-called Sheffield 'outrages' (when unions were accused of using arson and murder to intimidate non-unionists) and the second, on Labour Laws, was appointed in 1874.
		The 1871 Trade Union Act recognised unions as legal entities as corporations and as such they were entitled to protection under the law.
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	HarpWeek: Cartoon of the Day
		It was assumed that government officials acted upon what they thought was the best interest of the nation when they crafted public policy; therefore the interests of all British subjects were represented in Parliament, whether they were allowed to vote or not.
		The chief proponent of the Reform Act of 1867, featured in this cartoon, was Benjamin Disraeli, Chancellor of the Exchequer (treasury secretary) in the Tory administration of Lord Derby.
		In the postwar time of this cartoon, reformers in the United States were struggling for the recognition of voting rights for fl men (and, in some cases, for women, too).
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	Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Reform Acts, of 1832, 1867, and 1884 expanded the voting rights to men.
		The 1832 Reform Act was the most controversial and set the basis to make representation in Parliament more fair.
		The agitation over the 1832 Reform Act had major effects on the art and literature of the age and many people consider fundamental issues of society and politics.
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	RECONSTRUCTION ACT OF 1867, Term Papers 2000, Term papers, 060513
		This research paper discusses the causes and consequences of the Reform Act of 1832 and the Reform Act of 1867 which were enacted by the Parliament of Great Britain.
		"The Reform Act of 1867, which sharply reduced the property qualification for eligibility to vote in British parliamentary elections, was one of the major steps which, in the course of the nineteenth century, led Britain from a governmental system based on landed privilege to one approaching mass democracy.
		Finally, the Reform Act of 1867 is notable as being one of the historic high.water marks of "Tory reform"..
	www.termpapers2000.com /lib/essay/Reconstruction-Act-of-1867.html?a=link1 (3108 words)

	What were the motives behind the passing of the 1867 Reform Act? - Coursework.Info
		The passing of the second reform act was more the result of two men's personal hatred the will of the People.
		As such, the act was also slightly to do with widespread demand by the working class.
		One explanation of the odd sequence of events has stressed the renewed pressure from the working class, whose position had suddenly worsened with the onset of a period of depression.
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	Reform Act 1832 - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Act also abolished 56 rotten boroughs and removed one MP from boroughs with fewer than 4,000 inhabitants.
		The architects of reform in Scotland were Francis Jeffrey and Henry Cockburn.
		An act of 1829 required possession of freehold land worth at least £10 (a fivefold increase from the previous 40 shillings), as the qualification for a county vote.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Reform_Act_1832 (1987 words)

	Reform Act 1867 - Definition, explanation
		The Reform Act 1867 (also known as the Second Reform Act) was a piece of British legislation that greatly increased the number of men who could vote in elections in the UK.
		In its final form, the Reform Act 1867 enfranchised all male householders and abolished compounding (the practice of paying rates to a landlord as part of rent).
		Following the Great Reform Act of 1832, it was thought prudent to introduce further electoral reform.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/r/re/reform_act_1867.php (1491 words)

	H-Net Review: Martin Hewitt on Defining the Victorian Nation: Class, Race, Gender and the British ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is the working-through of such assumptions in exchanges over citizenship, nationhood and identity within the debates over parliamentary reform in the run up to what became the 1867 Reform Act, and in its immediate aftermath, which forms the focus of this volume.
		Hence, McClelland argues, the importance of Bright in the reform agitation was not merely his rhetorical style, but the way in which his platform performances linked the claim to enfranchisement with questions of working-class taxation and consumption.
		Her account of the campaigns around the run-up to the reform act emphasises the very different traditions and aspirations which different localities brought to what scarcely became a "national" movement in any meaningful sense.
	www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=251131032244214 (3289 words)

	The Reform Bill of 1867
		The complete speech on the third reading of the Reform Bill of 1867 may be found in HANSARD (CLXXXVIII [3d Ser.], 1599-1614 [July 15, 1867]).
		The right honourable gentleman thinks that a measure of Parliamentary Reform is an act of treachery, in consequence of what took place last year, when those who now bring it forward were in frequent council and co-operation with those who then and now oppose it.
		Our conduct, however, according to him, is infamous — that is his statement — because in office we are supporting measures of Parliamentary Reform which we disapprove, and to which we have hitherto been opposed.
	www.victorianweb.org /history/polspeech/reform.html (1693 words)

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