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Broken Hill & the Far West · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1937

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Preliminary Ballots for State Elections

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 1

The A.L.P. selection ballots for the candidates to contest the Sturt and Cobar seats at the State elections next year, will be held on Saturday…

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8 Candidates for Mayor Ballot Opens On

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 1

EIGHT of the 12 Labor aldermen elected to the City Council will contest the Barrier District Assembly of the Australian Labor Party's…

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Big Voting Expected At Election Parliament in Russia (Special to "Tho Miner.") MOSCOW, December 8

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 3

It is estimated, that at least 100,000,000 persons will vote in the forthcoming election for the first Parliament to be established…

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Corowa By-election

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Independent candidate, Mr. C. B. Lethbridge had an absolute majority over the other three candidates in the Corowa…

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Women Virtually Decided Election

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—According to an analysis of the voting figures at the recent State election women virtually decided the issue…

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Election of Mayor To-night

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 3

At the special meeting of the newly elected City Council to be held to-night the Mayor for 1938 will be elected. Aid. G. Lambert won the…

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Council Uproar Over Mayor Election MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 4

AFTER a stormy debate during which several councillors left the chamber amid cries of "Rats" from those who remained, Williamstown…

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W.i.u. Elections

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 December 1937 · page 6

The secretary and assistant secretaries—two—of the W.I.U. have been re-elected. They are Messrs. C. T. Vinall (secretary) and W. E…

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Party Leader Suspended W. A. Parliament Incident PERTH

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 3

IN the last hours of the session in the Legislative Assembly, the leader of the Opposition (Mr. C. G. Latham) was susperided by the…

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W.i.u. Elections

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 3

Messrs. J. Virgo, A. R. Campbell and H. B. Nolan have been elected as trustees to the Trades Hall Trust. The results of the election wer:…

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State Elections Machinery

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 December 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When the A.L.P. executive meets on January 14 it is expected that it will immediately set up machinery for the State…

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