Even Cobden and Bright were defeated in their Constituencies, and the country returned Palmerston with a majority of seventy-nine.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond
Until a few years ago they owed their positions to political influence; for long after the members of Parliament had lost all control over other appointments, they retained the power to fill any vacancies that might occur in the postal service within their Constituencies, provided, of course, they belonged to the party in power.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
But now that something like universal suffrage has been introduced into most of the countries which have a popular element in their government, the franchise is little discussed, and much more is said about the Constituencies, that is, the method of combining the voters into groups.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell