# Canonical recap data for British Reform Act Grants Suffrage (1832)
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slug: british-reform-act-1832
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1832/british-reform-act-1832"
title: British Reform Act Grants Suffrage
subtitle: The Great Reform Act expanded the British electorate and redistributed parliamentary seats, marking the first major democratic franchise expansion and igniting decades of suffrage agitation.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1832-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1832
decade: 1830
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: The Reform movement in Upper Canada was a political movement in British North America in the mid-19th century.
summaryLong: The Reform movement in Upper Canada was a political movement in British North America in the mid-19th century.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Reform movement (Upper Canada)"
importance: 81
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_movement_(Upper_Canada)"
  title: The British Reform Movement
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
- protest
metaDescription: The Reform movement in Upper Canada was a political movement in British North America in the mid-19th century.
wikidataQid: Q7760029
archiveSnapshots:
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-03
  label: The British Reform Movement
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_movement_(Upper_Canada)"
