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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1950

230 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 12

Council Election Nominations Close To-day

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 2

Nominations for the local government elections on December 2 close to-day, at 5 p.m., at council offices on the…

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Big Nominations Expected For Council Elections

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 2

Big nominations are expected to be announced at noon to-morrow when candidates for the local government…

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Local Government Elections

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

Sir.—Recent correspondence in your columns suggests that there will be many candidates in the forth coming Local Government elections…

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No Endorsed Candidates From Ratepayers' Association

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 1

Coifs Harbour United Ratepayers' and Citizens' Association has failed to endorse any candidates at the forthcoming Shire elections although two meetings have been called for the purpose. The first was well attended…

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First Woman Candidate

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 4

MISS MAVIS McCLYMONT, of Grafton, is the first woman nominated for aldermanic honours on the Clarence. She…

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Swing To Republicans In U.S. Elections

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wed. (AAP),--The Democrats retained control of the Senate with a margin of two when final tabulations in the United States elections were announced to-night. Republicans made substantial gains in the House of…

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Council Election Arouses Interest At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed.--Considerable interest has been shown in Coff's Harbour in the election for C Riding of the…

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No Election For Urban Area

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 November 1950 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun.-- The returning officer for Dorrigo Shire Council, Mr. R. E. Smith, of Coramba, has…

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Referenda At Election

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 2

GLEN INNES.--Electors at the local government noil on December 2 at Glen Innes will also vote on four referenda--…

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Parliament Usurps Court Powers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 November 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri. -- To allow Parliament to usurp the powers of the courts was to depart from the fundamental…

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L.g. Elections on Dec. 2

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 9

On Saturday, 2nd December, elections will be held in the Dorrigo Shire as well as in 243 Local Government areas in…

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Local Government Elections On December 2

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 2

On Saturday, December 2, elections will be held in 243 Local Government areas in New South Wales, to elect…

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Shire Elections and the "Advocate" Post Bag

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 1

Keen Interest is in evidence regarding the coming Shire Elections both in C Riding of Dorrigo Shire (the Coifs Harbour and district section) and in A Riding of Bellingen Shire (the Sawtell Bonville and Raleigh-Repton…

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Leaflet On Harwood Shire Election Letter to the Editor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 2

SIR,--After reading the letter in the "Examiner" of November 23 by Cr. D. E. Archer, president of the…

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Council Elections on

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 2

On Saturday, the people of the Clarence district will elect their Municipal or shire Councils for the next three years. IN keening with the tradition…

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Letters on L.g. Elections

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 2

(To be fair to all concerned in the Local Government elections on Saturday, no letters dealing with candidates or…

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Council Elections Heavy Vote Likely On

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 2

Substantial population increases will be reflected in the number of voters going to the poll on Saturday for the local government elections…

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Shire Elections and the "Advocate" Post Bag

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 1

Keen interest is in evidence regarding the Shire Elections, which take place tomorrow in C Riding of Dorrigo Shire. Below are some letters from readers covering various aspects of the campaign…

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Heightening Interest In Council Elections

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 2

Heightening interest in the local government elections on Saturday was evident yesterday as candidates intensified their campaigns…

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Election Day

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 December 1950 · page 2

THIS is a day set apart for many people. There are those who take a great interest in who will control the policy…

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