Representation of the People Act 1867

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1867
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Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Second_Reform_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Reform_Act_1832
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:England
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_Kingdom_Acts_of_Parliament_1867
gptkb:Electoral_reform_in_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:citation gptkb:30_&_31_Vict._c._102
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:debatedBy extension of the franchise
role of property qualification
gptkbp:effect redistribution of parliamentary seats
abolished some rotten boroughs
broadened male suffrage
created new parliamentary boroughs
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:extendedFranchiseTo urban working class men
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Representation of the People Act 1867
gptkbp:increasedElectorateBy over 1 million men
gptkbp:purpose reform of electoral system
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 15 August 1867
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1884
gptkb:Reform_Act_1832
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Benjamin_Disraeli
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1884
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Reform_Act_1867
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5