The Electoral Franchise Act, 1885 (French: Acte du cens électoral) was a federal statute that regulated elections in Canada for a brief period in the...
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the Act's progress. It was not until the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 that women gained electoral equality. The 1928 Act gave...
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People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This act expanded on the Representation of the People Act 1918 which...
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Reform Acts (redirect from Reform Act Of)
"Fifth Reform Act"), which widened suffrage by giving women electoral equality with men. Reform Act 1969 (also called the "Sixth Reform Act"), which lowered...
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Representation of the People Act 1884 Democracy in Europe Reform Acts Representation of the People Act Parliamentary franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918...
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categories of people excluded from the franchise. The Act was repealed and replaced by the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. Before the Federation of Australia...
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The Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA) (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 49–90, 24 Stat. 373, later codified at Title 3, Chapter 1) is a United...
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to the electoral system of England and Wales. It reapportioned constituencies to address the unequal distribution of seats and expanded franchise by broadening...
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Representation of the People Act 1969 extended suffrage to 18-year-olds, the first democratic nation to lower its age of franchise to include this age group...
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initial, quite modest, Great Reform Act that leading politicians thought it prudent to introduce further electoral reform. Following an unsuccessful attempt...
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