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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1891

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The General Election. Wednesday's Polling

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 June 1891 · page 2

ELECTIONS: were held in 12 constituencies on Wednesday, and 21 members were returned to the new Parliament, which is rapidly approaching completion. Altogether 107 members have…

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The Elections

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 June 1891 · page 4

KEMPSEY. Tuesday.—The election totals have been received. They are as follows:—Danger, 1014; Hogan, 761 ; McLaughlin, 721 ; Rudder, 703; Boshell, 581. The official declaration of…

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Local & General News. the Election for Yass Plains. the Polling

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 June 1891 · page 2

THE poll for Yass Plains took place on Wednesday last, and resulted in the election of Mr. Thomas Colls by a large majority. The polling was as heavy, within two, as when…

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The Humorous Side of Parliament

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 June 1891 · page 6

IF there were any truth in the oftrepeated assertion that parliament is a decaying factor in the national life, the persistent caricature for which…

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Burrowa Election

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 June 1891 · page 4
Also in The Burrowa News

THE official declaration of the poli was made on Thursday by the returning officer, Mr. F. W. Hame. It was as follows:—Slattery, 509; Middleton, 245; and Burns, 17. Majority…

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Labour Candidates Wrongly Designated. to the Editor of the S. M. Herald

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 June 1891 · page 4

SIR,—As a working man, and once a unionist I with thousands of others object to the designation of labour candidate in the various lists appearing in the newspapers, and it has…

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The Victorian Parliament and Federation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 3

IN the Victorian Legislative Assembly Sir Bryan O'Loghlen, in resuming the debate on the Address in Reply to the Governor's Speech, expressed the…

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The General Election

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 3

THE interest on Thursday was centered in the New England electorate, where for the three seats there were six candidates, three Ministerial and three supporting the…

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Yass Election

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 6

THE returns as follows were announced by the returning-officer on Wednesday evening:— Colls. Afflecin. Grogan. Heriort…

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Saturday's Elections

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 2

THE polling took place in seven different electorates on Saturday last, with the following results: -- DURHAM…

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To-day's Elections

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 2

MURRUMBIDGEE -- Gormley, Dibbs and Heflernan reading, returns incomplete. Molong -- Ross. Wallombi, Stevenson, other returns to come in, not likely to alter…

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The General Election

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 2

THE 12 seats for which the contest took place on Monday were mostly monopolised by the Opposition, which party secured seven of them, while the labour party took three and the Ministerial…

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The General Election

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 4

THE elections on Saturday produced two additional Ministerial members, as well as three to strengthen the Opposition, and four to augment the already largo labour party. At the present…

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The Manaro Election

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 2

FOLLOWING are the results of the polling for Manaro (two members), so far as yet published:—Miller 870, Dawson 852, O'Connor 712, Welch 507, There are six more return…

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The Murrumbidgee Election

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 3

AT Wagga, yesterday afternoon, the returning officer, Mr. Fitzhardinge, made a statement of the result of the polling at thirty places in the Murrumbidges electorate. There were…

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The Election for Young

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 2

THE [?] connection with the election of two members for the electoral district of Young look place on Saturday last. Fortunately the [?] was comparatively fine [?] the [?] was that a…

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The General Election. Mr. Dibbs's View. Meeting of Parliament

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 July 1891 · page 2

PENDING the result of the two elections which are yet to be held, there is nothing now in political matters. The Government, it appears, has decided to meet the House on the 14th of…

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The Labour Candidates

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 July 1891 · page 4

OF the labour candidates so far returned to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly three—Johnson, Scott, and McGowan—are boilermakers; two are ex-seaman, Clarke and…

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The General Election

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 July 1891 · page 4

THE position of the Postmaster-General at Monaro absorbed attention on Tuesday, as that of the leader of the Opposition at Murrumbidgee bad on the previous day. Mr. O'Connor was…

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