Stirlingshire franchise demonstration.
[Stirling : s.n.,
1884?]
Union Bank House, / 22 King Street, / Stirling, 12th September, 1884.--at head of first page.
The 1832 Reform Act extended the right to vote to a greater part of the working and middle classes. The 1884 Act (the 3rd Reform Act) again extended the franchise to include many more workers with the result that in Scotland the number electors was doubled: trades such as crofters, miners, printers, etc. could now help decide who would represent them in Parliament. The Lords were extremely reluctant to give their assent to the bill as it would have mean giving up some of their inherited power. This is a copy of the resolutions and their proposers etc. to be spoken at the Stirlingshire Franchise Demonstration, 20th September, 1884. It appears from page [1] that the recipient of this item was one of 21 speakers on one of three platforms.
Suffrage