unreferenced date March 2011 Image William Hogarth 028.jpg thumb 350px An Election Entertainment , The Humours of an Election series, 1755 Image William Hogarth 032.jpg thumb 350px Canvassing for Votes , The Humours of an Election series, 1755 Image William Hogarth 031.jpg thumb 350px The Polling , The Humours of an Election series, 1755 Image William Hogarth 029.jpg thumb 350px Chairing the Member , The Humours of an Election series, 1755 The Humours of an Election is a series of four oil painting s and later engraving s by William Hogarth that illustrate British general election, 1754 the election of a Parliament of Great Britain member of parliament in List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire Oxfordshire in 1754. The oil paintings were created in 1755. The first three paintings, An Election Entertainment , Canvassing for Votes and The Polling , demonstrate the Political corruption corruption endemic in Unreformed House of Commons parliamentary United Kingdom general elections elections in the 18th century, before the Reform Act 1832 Great Reform Act . The last painting, Chairing the Member , shows the celebrations of the victorious Tory candidates and their supporters. At this time each United Kingdom constituencies constituency elected two MPs, and there was a Suffrage Social class property qualification for voters, so only a minority of the male population was enfranchised. There was no secret ballot , so bribery and intimidation were rife. The originals are held by Sir John Soane s Museum , London. An Election Entertainment The painting depicts a tavern dinner organised by the British Whig Party Whig candidates, while the Tory Tories protest outside. The Tories are carrying an Antisemitism antisemitic caricature of a Jew, a reference to Jewish Naturalization Act 1753 recent legislation passed by the Henry Pelham Whig government which allowed greater freedom History of the Jews in England to Jews . A banner containing the words Give us our Eleven days ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The comedy of humours refers to a genre of drama tic comedy that focuses on a fictional character character or range of characters, each of whom has one overriding trait or Humorism humour that dominates their personality, desires and conduct. This comic technique may be found in Aristophanes , but the England English playwright s Ben Jonson and George Chapman popularized the genre in the closing years of the sixteenth century. In the later half of the seventeenth century, it was combined with the comedy of manners in Restoration comedy . Image Lavater1.jpg right thumb 200px The four Humourism humours or temperaments Clockwise from top right choleric melancholic sanguine phlegmatic . In Jonson s Every Man in His Humour acted 1598 , which made this type of Play theatre play popular, all the words and acts of Kitely are controlled by an overpowering suspicion that his wife is unfaithful George Downright, a country squire, must be frank above all things the country gull in town determines his every decision by his desire to catch on to the manners of the city gallant. In his Induction play Induction to Every Man out of His Humour 1599 Jonson explains his character formula thus blockquote Some one peculiar quality br Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw br All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, br In their confluctions, all to run one way. blockquote The comedy of humours owes something to earlier vernacular comedy but more to a desire to imitate the classical comedy of Plautus and Terence and to combat the vogue of Shakespearean comedy romantic comedy , as developed by William Shakespeare . The satiric purpose of the comedy of humours and its realistic method lead to more serious character studies with Jonson s The Alchemist play The Alchemist . The humours each had been associated with physical and mental characteristics the result ... Comedy Of Humours Category Comedy ar fr Com die des humeurs ja ... more details
Elections A by election occasionally also spelled bye election , and known in the United States and the Philippines as a special election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections. Usually, a by election occurs when the incumbent has died ..., for example because of a recall election recall , Nobility ennoblement , a sufficiently serious criminal ... , etc. By elections have also been called as a result of a constituency election being invalidated by voting irregularities see Oldham East and Saddleworth by election, 2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth election petition . Historically, members of some parliaments were required to seek re election ... single member constituencies , whether Two round system with or first past the post election system without a runoff election runoff round. This includes most Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth ... constituency becomes vacant, the consequences vary. For example, a by election may be held to fill just the vacancy or all the seats in the constituency become up for grabs in the by election ... in a by election for the constituency of Glasgow Anniesland . In the event of the vacancy arising ... by the single transferable vote . Alternatives to holding a by election include having a recount ... from the previous election, who choose to contest the recount to fill the vacancy, as in Tasmania ref ... Vacancies in the Legislative Assembly ref keeping the seat vacant until the next general election . This usually occurs if a vacancy arises shortly before a planned general election within six months ... States, United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010 Scott Brown s election in 2010 ... situation. For example, Andrea Horwath s win in an Ontario provincial by election in 2004 allowed ... in terms of parliamentary privileges and funding. As harbingers and breakthroughs By election upsets ... defeat for a government. Deborah Grey s 1989 by election victory in Beaver River electoral district ... more details
Preston by election may may refer to one of several by election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Preston UK Parliament constituency Preston , in Lancashire Preston by election, 1903 Preston by election, 1915 Preston by election, 1929 Preston by election, 1940 Preston by election, 1946 Preston by election, 2000 disambig ... more details
1832 election may refer to Newfoundland general election, 1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 United States presidential election, 1832 disambig ... more details
Aberdare by election could refer to two by election by elections held for the Parliament of the United Kingdom Aberdare by election, 1946 Aberdare by election, 1954 disamb ... more details
1832 election may refer to Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 United States presidential election, 1812 United States House of Representatives elections, 1812 disambig ... more details
Blackburn by election may refer to Blackburn by election, 1853 Blackburn by election, 1869 Blackburn by election, 1875 disambig fr lection partielle Blackburn ... more details
Paisley by election may refer to one of five parliamentary by elections held in the constituency of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland Paisley by election, 1884 Paisley by election, 1891 Paisley by election, 1920 Paisley by election, 1948 Paisley by election, 1961 See also Paisley South by election disambiguation disambig ... more details
Greenock by election may refer to one of six by elections for the British House of Commons constituency of Greenock, in Renfrewshire, Scotland Greenock by election, 1845 Greenock by election, 1878 Greenock by election, 1884 Greenock by election, 1936 Greenock by election, 1941 Greenock by election, 1955 See also Greenock UK Parliament constituency disambig ... more details
Carmarthen by elections are the by elections held on occasion for the British House of Commons constituency of Carmarthen in North Wales Carmarthen by election, 1878 Carmarthen by election, 1882 Carmarthen by election, 1924 Carmarthen by election, 1928 Carmarthen by election, 1941 Carmarthen by election, 1957 Carmarthen by election, 1966 See also Carmarthen UK Parliament constituency List of United Kingdom by elections SIA ... more details
Henley by election may refer to either of three by election s in the United Kingdom Parliament UK parliamentary constituency of Henley UK Parliament constituency Henley Henley by election, 1917 Henley by election, 1932 Henley by election, 2008 disambig ... more details
wiktionary election An election is a political process. Election may also refer to Election novel Election novel , by Tom Perrotta Election 1999 film Election 1999 film , an American comedy directed by Alexander Payne Election 2005 film Election 2005 film , a Hong Kong action thriller directed by Johnnie To Election TV series Election TV series Predestination , a religious concept Conditional election Unconditional election A List of The Vicar of Dibley episodes Series One 1994 first series episode of the TV series The Vicar of Dibley Leader election , a concept in distributed computing disambig it Election ... more details
Election Night usually refers to the evening after an Election Day politics election day , when the votes are being counted and everyone is waiting for the election result. Election Night can also refer to Election Night The West Wing Election Night episode 72 of The West Wing TV series The West Wing TV series . Election Night film Election Night film , a short Danish film disambig ... more details
Rochdale by election may refer to one of three by elections held for the British House of Commons constituency of Rochdale in Lancashire Rochdale by election, 1940 , an unopposed war time election Rochdale by election, 1958 , the first televised election in the UK Rochdale by election, 1972 See also Rochdale List of United Kingdom by elections disambig ... more details
Wilton by election may refer to one of several parliamentary by elections held for the British House of Commons constituency of Wilton in Wiltshire Wilton by election, 1841 Wilton by election, 1855 Wilton by election, 1877 Wilton by election, 1900 Wilton by election, 1918 See also Wilton UK Parliament constituency disambig ... more details
Barnsley by election may refer to Barnsley by election, 1897 , played a role in development of the ILP Barnsley by election, 1938 Barnsley by election, 1953 Barnsley East by election, 1996 , caused loss of Conservatives parliamentary majority Barnsley Central by election, 2011 , followed the jailing of Eric Illsley Lib Dem vote collapsed disambig ... more details
Wansbeck by election may refer to one of three parliamentary by elections held in the British House of Commons constituency of Wansbeck in Northumberland Wansbeck by election, 1918 Wansbeck by election, 1929 Wansbeck by election, 1940 See also Wansbeck UK Parliament constituency disambig ... more details
Louth by election may refer to one of three parliamentary by elections held in the British House of Commons constituency of Louth in Lincolnshire Louth by election, 1920 Louth by election, 1921 Louth by election, 1969 See also Louth, Lincolnshire UK Parliament constituency disambig ... more details
Salisbury by election may refer to one of many parliamentary by elections held for the British House of Commons constituency of Salisbury UK Parliament constituency , including three in the 20th century Salisbury by election, 1931 Salisbury by election, 1942 Salisbury by election, 1965 disambig ... more details
Kilmarnock by election may refer to one of three parliamentary by elections held for the British House of Commons constituency of Kilmarnock, in Ayrshire, Scotland Kilmarnock by election, 1929 Kilmarnock by election, 1933 Kilmarnock by election, 1946 See also Kilmarnock UK Parliament constituency disambig ... more details
Darlington by election may refer to one of three parliamentary by elections for the British House of Commons constituency of Darlington UK Parliament constituency Darlington , in County Durham Darlington by election, 1923 Darlington by election, 1926 Darlington by election, 1983 disambig ... more details
1796 election may refer to U.S. presidential election, 1796 British general election, 1796 United States House of Representatives elections, 1796 United States Senate elections, 1796 disambiguation ... more details
1836 election may refer to Chilean presidential election, 1836 United States presidential election, 1836 United States House of Representatives elections, 1836 disambig ... more details
Fake election may refer to A mock election , held for educational purposes, or An election with a high degree of electoral fraud . disambig Category Elections ... more details
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