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Events on Saturday 6 December 1884 1
1884Representation of the People Act passed in BritainThird Reform Act extends the male franchiseThe British Parliament passed the Representation of the People Act 1884, extending the property-based franchise to agricultural laborers and roughly doubling the electorate. It applied the same voting qualifications used in boroughs to county constituencies across the United Kingdom. The act was a major step in the gradual democratization of the British electoral system.