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Representation of the People Act 1884
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1884
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Third_Reform_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy
gptkb:Redistribution_of_Seats_Act_1885
gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1867
gptkbp:citation
gptkb:47_&_48_Vict._c._3
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:effect
standardized voting qualifications between boroughs and counties
increased electorate by over 2 million
gptkbp:enactedBy
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce
1885
gptkbp:excludes
gptkb:women
many working-class men
gptkbp:expandedFranchiseTo
agricultural labourers
rural householders
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Representation of the People Act 1884
gptkbp:legislature
gptkb:House_of_Commons
gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:longTitle
gptkb:An_Act_to_amend_the_Law_relating_to_the_Representation_of_the_People_of_the_United_Kingdom.
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1867
gptkbp:purpose
extend the franchise to rural areas
make voting qualifications more uniform
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent
6 December 1884
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Reform_Act_1832
gptkb:Redistribution_of_Seats_Act_1885
gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1867
gptkbp:sponsor
gptkb:William_Ewart_Gladstone
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Acts
gptkb:Reform_Act_1884
gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1867
gptkb:Representation_of_the_People_Act_1918
gptkb:Second_Reform_Act
gptkb:UK_Acts_of_Parliament
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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