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Reform Act 1867

The Representation of the People Act 1867, known as the Reform Act 1867 or the Second Reform Act, is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that enfranchised part of the urban male working class in England and Wales for the first time, extending the franchise from landowners of freehold property above a certain value, to leaseholders and rental tenants as well.