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

Politics & elections, 1953

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City Council Candidates

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 2

Following are details of five more candidates for Saturday's Goulburn City Council election, for which voting is compulsory. There are 23 candidates and…

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City Council Candidates

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 2

Electors of the municipality of Goulburn will go to the poll between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. to-morrow to elect 12 aldermen to conduct the city's affairs during the next three years…

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Editorial Local Govt. Elections To-morrow

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 2

All electors whose names appear on the municipal and shire rolls will have an important task to perform to- morrow when they vote for candidates aspiring to Local Government honours in Goulburn 'and the shires of Crookwell, Gunning, Mulwaree and Tallaganda for the nexy three years…

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Many Votes Invalid in Local Election Mayor Tops Poll: Councillor Defeated

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 December 1953 · page 1

One in every eight people who voted at Goulburn City Council election on Saturday did not fill in the ballot paper correctly. Their votes were declared invalid. A record number of…

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Shire Elections Four New Councillors Elected President Tops The Poll

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 7 December 1953 · page 2

Four new Councillors were elected to Goodradigbee Shire Council at the tri-ennial elections on Saturday. They are Crs. E. Glover and J. P. Julian (“ A ” Riding). and Crs. E. C. Butt and J. L. Hodgkinson (“ B ”…

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Editorial Interesting Election

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 2

Campaigning in the Gwydir electorate has be. gun in earnest with the entry of Federal leaders into the field, backed by as many as 50 Federal and State members of all parties…

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Election Of Shire President

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 1

The first meeting of the new Council will be held to-morrow at the Shire Chambers and the Initial task confronting members…

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Crookwell Shire Rate: Elections

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 1

CROOKWELL: Cr. E. G. Clements was yesterday re-elected president of Crookwell Shire Council. He became Crookwell Shire…

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Appeals by Leaders in Vital Gwydir Election

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 3

He was congratulating Crs. R E. Moran and G. A. Ryan on their sucess in the recent elections Cr. Sykes was supporting the…

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