RPA

RPA may refer to:

In government:

• Railway Procurement Agency, a State Agency of the Department of Transport in the Republic of Ireland
• Representation of the People Act, a short title for legislation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom dealing with the electoral system
  • Representation of the People Act 1832 (AKA Reform Act 1832, an Act of Parliament (2 & 3 Will. IV) that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales
  • Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832 (AKA Irish Reform Act 1832, an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the election laws of Ireland
  • Representation of the People Act 1867 (AKA Reform Act 1867), a piece of British legislation that enfranchised the urban male working class in England and Wales
  • Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868, an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom
  • Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868, an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom
  • Representation of the People Act 1884, a law which further extended the suffrage in Britain after the Disraeli Government's Reform Act 1867
  • Representation of the People Act 1918, an Act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in the United Kingdom
  • Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • Representation of the People Act 1948, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law relating to parliamentary and local elections
  • Representation of the People Act 1949, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom consolidating previous electoral law
  • Representation of the People Act 1969, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom extending suffrage to 18-20 year olds
  • Representation of the People Act 1981, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom changing the British electoral process
  • Representation of the People Act 1983, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom changing the British electoral process
  • Representation of the People Act 1985, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning British electoral law
  • Representation of the People Act 1989, an act by the Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • Representation of the People Act 1990
  • Representation of the People Act 2000, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom changing the British electoral process
• Republican Party of Arkansas, the affiliate of the Republican Party in Arkansas
• Republican Party of Armenia, a national conservative political party in Armenia
• Republican Party of Australia, a minor Australian political party dedicated to ending the country's links with the United Kingdom and establishing a republic
• Rural Payments Agency, an executive agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Rwandan Patriotic Army, the national army of Rwanda preceding the Rwandan Defence Forces

In media:

• RPA (TV series), an Australian reality television show that is filmed at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
• RPA & The United Nations of Sound, a British alternative rock band
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a 2011 American science fiction film directed by Rupert Wyatt

Other:

• RPA (Rubin Postaer and Associates), an American advertising and marketing agency headquartered in Santa Monica, California
• Random phase approximation, an approximation method in condensed matter physics and in nuclear physics
• Real Property Administrator, a professional designation for people who work in property management
• Regional Plan Association, an independent, not-for-profit regional planning organization
• Registered physician assistant, a healthcare professional trained and licensed to practice medicine with limited supervision by a physician
• Remotely piloted aircraft (also unmanned aerial vehicle), a machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator or pilot
• Replication protein A, a protein that binds single-stranded DNA in eukaryotic cells
• Republic Airlines (ICAO code: RPA), a regional airline subsidiary ofRepublic Airways Holdings
• Richmond Progressive Alliance, a community/political group in Richmond, western Contra Costa County, California
• Romanized Popular Alphabet, a system of romanization for the various dialects of the Hmong language
• Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, a major public teaching hospitalin Sydney, Australia
• Rugby Players' Association, a trade union representing athletes who currently play or have played rugby union in England at a professional or semi-professional level