It contained six points: manhood suffrage; the ballot; abolition of property qualifications for MPs; payment of MPs; equal electoral districts; and annual elections. (franklparker.com)
This structure was relatively fluid, since membership in the two highest orders was based chiefly on property qualifications, and in our period many men became rich, partly through politics and partly through trade or ownership of real estate in a time when business was generally good and money was gradually becoming cheaper. (religion-online.org)
The SCC held also that Parliament does have the authority under the Constitution Act, 1982, section 44 to repeal section 23 (4) of the Constitution Act, 1867, regarding property qualifications for Senators (seven provinces and 50 percent of the population). (lawnow.org)