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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1903

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The Municipal Elections. Extraordinary Vacancies. Mr. D. Holland Elected Unopposed. Messrs Berckelman and Fitzpatrick Contest the other Vacancy

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 September 1903 · page 7

More than the ordinary interest is being taken in the election of Aldermen to fill the vacancies in the North Ward of the Borough of Windsor, occasioned by the…

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Municipal Election

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 7

THE election for a candidate to serve in the Windsor Borough Council in the place of Mr A. J. Barckelman, resigned, took place on Saturday last, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m…

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The First Hawkesbury Parliamentary Election, and the Election Speeches

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 10

Much reference bas been made in thar local press to the first Parliamentary election for the Cumberland Boroughs, in 1843, and to the fierce…

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Federal Parliament

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 14

SPEAKING in the House of Representatives recently with regard to the Federal Capital, Mr. Joseph Cook (Parramatta) said :—…

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The Federal Parliament

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 14

REFERRING to the administration of the Defence Department recently, Mr. Joseph Cook said: I rise to emphasize what has been said by the…

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The Lady Candidate for the Sanate. MRS. M. Moore-bentley. Address at Windsor

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 6 November 1903 · page 7

The first Federal candidate to come along this way was a woman! And it caused a bit of a flutter, espeoial among the newly-enfranchised…

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The " Female Candidate."

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 1

She's around, perhaps you've met 'er? and if so you won't forget 'er; She's the mouth piece and the idol of the "Screaming Sisterhood."…

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Novel Electioneering Tactics

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 November 1903 · page 14

IT would appear that electors are either very little interested in Federal matters or else that they are somewhat diffident in asking questions of a lady candidate. Miss…

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Federal Elections Mr. Cook with His Constituents

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 6

ON Saturday night Mr Joseph Cook, Member of the House of Representatives for Parramatta, addressed a crowd of about 200 people from the balcony of the Royal Exchange Hotel, among the…

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Federal Elections

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 6

CAPTAIN Strachan, the selected Protectionist candidate for the Federal Electorate Division of Parramatta addressed a small meeting in the School…

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The Federal Election

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 4

COMPARED with the noise and beating of drums in the Hawkesbury portion of the Federal Electoral Division of Parramatta in March, 1901, the present [?] is a…

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Federal Elections

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 4

As the headquarters of the Parramatta Federal electerate is at Parramatta this year, and as the method of conducting the elections has been cumbersome and slow,…

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Federal Polling Bay

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 11

The " Cumberland Argus," writing about polling day, has this :- The day was full of incidents, but Woman did not make the most of these, or enlarge upon them publicly. One of the most…

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