- Franchise Act, 1885
- Md Its terms, 258-259; fiercely opposed by Liberals, 259-260; repealed by Laurier administration, 260.Bib.: Pope, Memoirs of Sir John A. Macdonald; Willison, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal Party.
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