When did working class men get the vote in UK?

In 1832, Parliament passed a law that changed the British electoral system. It was known as the Great Reform Act, which basically gave the vote to middle class men, leaving working men disappointed.

When did some working men get the vote?

The Representation of the People Act 1918 widened suffrage by abolishing practically all property qualifications for men and by enfranchising women over 30 who met minimum property qualifications.

Who could vote in UK before 1918?

The ‘Representation of the People’ Act was passed. All males over 21 were now eligible to vote, as were women over 30 who were householders (ie local government electors) or wives of householders.

When did poor men get the right to vote?

The 1828 presidential election was the first in which non-property-holding white males could vote in the vast majority of states. By the end of the 1820s, attitudes and state laws had shifted in favor of universal white male suffrage.

When could all white males vote UK?

All adult men in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland were enfranchised by the Representation of the People Act 1918.

When were all white men allowed to vote?

The Fifteenth Amendment (ratified in 1870) extended voting rights to men of all races.
 

Could all men vote after 1832?

Only qualifying men were able to vote; the Act introduced the first explicit statutory bar to women voting by defining a voter as a male person.

When did men get the right to vote in Italy?

General elections were held in Italy on 20 November 1870, with a second round of voting on 27 November.

When did most men get the right to vote in Victoria?

This right was extended to Victoria in 1857 and New South Wales the following year. The other colonies followed until, in 1900, Tasmania became the last colony to grant universal male suffrage, though some colonies explicitly excluded Indigenous males from the vote.

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