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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1947

22 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Alp Candidate for Blacktown Mr. Freeman Endorsed Unopposed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 January 1947 · page 6

Member for Blacktown (Mr. J. S. Freeman, M.L.A.) has been endorsed unopposed as the official Labour candidate for…

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Polling Place

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 10

Folk in the Gunderman area will be pleased to learn that Mr. Frank Finnan, M.L.A., has been advised by the Chief Electoral Officer that the…

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Further Successful Candidates

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 8

THE names of the following successful candidates in recent examinations were not included in the list we published last week, and to these…

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Municipality of Richmond Extraordinary Election

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 6

NOTICE is hereby given that in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1919, as amended, and Ordinances made…

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Shire Candidate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 5

A report forwarded by the Colo Heights Progress Association states that at the request of the membership Mr. Claude S. Ward has agreed…

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Shire Elections

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 2

The hon. secretary of the Colo Heights Progress Association wishes to correct an error he made when reporting the nomination by the…

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ELECTIONS Sitting Members Opposed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 1

IN each of the three electorates with which this district is concerned, the sitting Member will have opposition at the…

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Electorate Being "Bribed" Says Candidate Mr. Deane Puts Policy As Liberal Representative

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 April 1947 · page 5

THIS electorate was being "bribed" by the Labour Government so that the seat might be retained, said the endorsed…

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Pledges to Electors Offered By Member For Hawkesbury As Labour Candidate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 April 1947 · page 4

AFTER briefly reviewing his list of achievements for the electorate during his six years as its representative, the…

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Candidate's Promise Remembered Water Committee Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 July 1947 · page 3

IT was decided at the June meeting of the Hawkesbury Valley Water Conservation Committee to "take up" a candidate…

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Keen Interest In Election Of Election Of Show Nominations at Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 July 1947 · page 3

A HEALTHY interest in the affairs of the H.D.A.A. was shown by the nomination at the July meeting of the show, council…

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Labour Candidates For Council Election Windsor Meeting Decides

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 11

AT the monthly meeting last Friday, the Windsor branch of the Australian Labour Party unanimously adopted a…

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Richmond First Aid Examination All Candidates Successful

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 August 1947 · page 3

ALL candidates were successful in an examination of a first aid class at Richmond by Dr. S. C. Steele on July 23, and we…

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Endorsed Candidates For Council Election Traders' Association Not Interested

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 10

AT its August meeting the Windsor-Richmond Traders' Association decided not to associate itself with a movement to…

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New Voting System At L.G. Elections Will Be Compulsory

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 6

COMPULSORY voting at the council elections in December, on a proportional representation basis instead of the present…

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Colo Shire Council Ordinary Election of Six Councillors

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 October 1947 · page 8

NOTICE is hereby given that the Statutory election of six Councillors (two for each of A, B and C Ridings) will toe held on Saturday…

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Polling Places

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 November 1947 · page 12

For the forthcoming Colo Shire election, the retiring council at its November meeting decided to appoint the same polling places as…

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All Ridings Contested Colo Shire Council Elections Fifteen Candidates

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 November 1947 · page 8

WITH four candidates nominated for "A" Riding, five for "B" and six for "C," all Ridings will be contested in the…

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Colo Shire Council Triennial Election of Councillors, 1947

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 November 1947 · page 10

NOTICE is hereby given that the following candidates have been nominated for the office of Councilor, two to be elected for each…

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POSTPONED Council Elections In Metropolitan Area

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 November 1947 · page 6

ALL local government elections within the County of Cumberland have been postponed for another twelve months, to…

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