Reform League | |
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President | Edmond Beales |
Secretary | George Howell |
Founded | February 23, 1865 |
Dissolved | March 1869 |
Preceded by | Universal League for the Material Elevation of the Industrious Classes |
Succeeded by | Manhood Suffrage League |
Newspaper | Workman's Advocate |
Ideology | Reformism Liberalism Radicalism |
Political position | Left-wing |
The Reform League was established in 1865 to press for manhood suffrage and the ballot in Great Britain. It collaborated with the more moderate and middle class Reform Union and gave strong support to the abortive Reform Bill 1866 and the successful Reform Act 1867. It developed into a formidable force of agitation at the very heart of the country.