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Definition of Constituencies
1. constituency [n] - See also: constituency
Lexicographical Neighbors of Constituencies
Literary usage of Constituencies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1892)
"For instance, Wolverhampton, which returned two members, receives an additional
member, and is cut into three wards or constituencies. ..."
2. Greater European Governments by Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1918)
"The constituencies: Boroughs and Counties The new act,1 which received the royal
assent on February 6, 1918, changed not only the franchise but also the ..."
3. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1868)
"The forty-five seats taken away from small towns and transferred to other English
constituencies, must almost inevitably lead to as many changes in the ..."
4. Parliamentary Franchise Reform in England from 1885 to 1918 by Homer Lawrence Morris (1921)
"Division of constituencies into Polling Districts A new section was adopted ...
The new section placed the duty of dividing the constituencies into polling ..."
5. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K. G., and His Times by Alexander Charles Ewald (1882)
"Also, did he suggest that the appeal to the constituencies should be deferred
for six months, until the new Reform Act came into operation, ..."
6. Electoral Reform in England and Wales: The Development and Operation of the by Charles Seymour (1915)
"... greatly by the number of small boroughs and by the electoral disadvantage of
the industrial constituencies. The strength of the aristocracy, indeed, ..."
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