Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868
Long title | An Act to amend the Representation of the People in Ireland. |
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Citation | 31 & 32 Vict c 49 |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 13 July 1868 |
The Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict c 49) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
The Act did not alter the overall distribution of parliamentary seats in Ireland.[2] It was originally proposed to merge twelve smaller boroughs into six pairs on the model of Scottish district of burghs and Welsh , with the freed-up seats being transferred to the six most populous county constituencies. This was rejected by Parliament, although the act as passed did alter the boundaries of those parliamentary boroughs which were also municipal boroughs, extending the parliamentary boundary to include all the municipal boundary.[3] Only 11 of Ireland's 33 parliamentary boroughs were municipal boroughs under the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840.
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- "C.49: An Act to amend the Representation of the Peopl in Ireland". The Public general statutes. Vol. 31 & 32 Vict. 1867–68. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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Further reading[]
- Representation of the People (Ireland) Bill index of Hansard debate references
- Representation of the People Acts
- 1868 in law
- United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1868
- Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Ireland
- 1868 in Ireland
- Electoral reform in Ireland (1801–1921)
- United Kingdom statute stubs