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