1872: Secret Parliamentary Elections Until this date, poll books were considered to be public records, revealing how a person had voted.
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1875
1 Jan 1875: Amendment to Civil Registration This amendment made registration of births, marriages and death compulsory, imposed a penalty for late registration and no longer permitted inclusion of a father's name on the birth certificate of an illegitimate child unless that father was present at the registration of the birth.
1864 - 1877 (~ 13 years)