THE BRITISH ELECTORATE.
It is estimated that the'.-compre-hensive 'scheme of electoral reform recently adopted by the British Parliament added 2,000 ; 000 men and 0,000,000 women to the electorates. Before 1832 there were fewer than 500,000 electors on the register, and the great Reform Bill only doubled the number. The population then was about • 24,000,000. In 1807 the population had grown to 30,000,000, and the Bill added about 1,500,000 electors, raising the total to 2,500,000. When the Reform Bill of 1884 was passed the country contained 34,000,000 people, and another 3,000,000 were put on the register, bringing the aggregate to 5,500,000. Thirty-three years have passed since then, and the population has grown to 45,000,000, with an electorate of 8,000,000. The present measure proposed to put a further 2,000,000 men on the register, making 10,000,000 in all. Fixing the qualifying age for women at 40 years would mean adding 3,000,000 women to the register; 35 would raise the number to 4,500,000. But the Government reduced, the age to 30, and that means putting 0,000,000 upon the roll.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1738, 9 October 1917, Page 4
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175THE BRITISH ELECTORATE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1738, 9 October 1917, Page 4
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