I know that not only because of our doorstep canvassers and the distinct change that took place in the week before the referendum.
That is usually the work of the special canvasser, and he is a man rather higher in rank than the ordinary agent.
He cannot be any good at all to the society unless he helps along the agent or canvasser; otherwise the money would be thrown away.
They say that, as a result of a strong anti-suffrage canvassers' canvass, there is a majority against the suffrage.
It stated that, when canvassers tried to obtain information from council estates, they were sent packing.
During a recent election one of my canvassers was bitten by a dog and had to be taken to hospital.
He gets about everywhere, he is usually a very good mixer, a good canvasser, a good ambassador.
Being a political canvasser or campaigner is a form of active citizenship.
