The bill aimed at extending manhood suffrage. It was introduced
by William Gladstone in March 1866 as a result of increasing public
pressure on the part of the Reform league and Liberal MPs who were
sympathetic to the working classes. Three months later an amendment
to the bill brought down the Russell-Gladstone government in June
and the bill was dropped. The succeeding Tory Ministers failed to
push the bill forward and the Reform League started major
agitations throughout the country. See our entry on the Hyde
Park Riots.
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Editors, Litencyc. "Reform Bill". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=13845, accessed 23 November 2024.]
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