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Politics & elections, 1843

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The Election.—public Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1843 · page 4

On Monday last a public meeting of the inhabitants of Maitland and the Hunter River district was held at the Rose Inn, West Maitland, pursuant to…

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Election Movements

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1843 · page 4

The following gentlemen have already come forward as candidates for the honor of representing the colonists of New South Wales in the first representative council…

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The Election.—public Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1843 · page 4

On Tuesday last a public meeting of the inhabitants of Maitland and the county of Northumberland was held at the Rose Inn, West Maitland, for the purpose of taking…

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The Election.—meeting at Newcastle

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1843 · page 4

A public meeting of the electors of Newcastle having been called by Major Wentworth's friends, to be held on Wednesday last, for the purpose of…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, February 11, 1843. the Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1843 · page 2

THE electioneering excitement is still vigorous in the Northumberland boroughs. A meeting of the electors, called by Major Wentworth's friends, was held at Newcastle on Wednesday…

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The Elections.—no. 1. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1843 · page 4

GENTLEMEN—An important era in the political history of this our adopted country now dawns upon us, and it behoves every individual to step forward and carry out as far as possible the great…

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Upper Hunter. the Election.—public Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1843 · page 4

A very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the county of Brisbane was held in the court house, Scone, on Friday, the 17th instant, for the purpose of taking…

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Election Dinner

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1843 · page 4

On Tuesday last a dinner was given at Mr. P. J. Cohen's, the Rose Inn, West Maitland, by the Maitland Committee of A. W. Scott Esq., to the committee and friends of that gentleman…

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Durham Election.—public Meeting at Paterson. [From a Correspondent.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1843 · page 4

On Monday last a meeting of the electors of the county of Durham resident in the neighbourhood of the town of Paterson took place there, pursuant to a short notice in the newspapers, for…

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Northumberland Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1843 · page 2

On Wednesday last a public meeting of the electors of the county of Northumberland was held at Cox's Hotel, East Maitland, pursuant to advertisement, which was attended by a large…

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Election Meeting.—wollombi. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1843 · page 4

A meeting of the inhabitants of the town and police electoral district of Wollombi took place at the Governor Gipps Hotel, of that town, on Tuesday, the 9th instant, to testify the most…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, June 10, 1843. the Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1843 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the time for the election is now rapidly approaching, all the elections in the Hunter River district being fixed to take place within a fortnight from to-day,…

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The Election. Public Entry of the Candidates for the Boroughs

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1843 · page 2

It having been generally announced that the two candidates for the Northumberland Boroughs would make their public entry into Maitland on Tuesday last, the town was all…

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The Election. Nomination of the Candidates for Durham. (From our correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1843 · page 2

Wednesday last was the day appointed for the nomination of the candidates for the representation of the county of Durham in the Legislative Council of the colony…

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The Election. Election for the Northumberland Boroughs

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1843 · page 4

Tuesday last was the day fixed upon for the election of a member of the Legislative Council for the Northumberland boroughs. At an early hour the inhabitants of East…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, June 24, 1843. the Northumberland Boroughs Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1843 · page 2

THE contest for the representation of these boroughs in the Legislative Council has now been fairly brought to an end in the election of Major Wentworth, by a…

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Hunter River District News. [From Our Correspondents.] Newcastle. the Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1843 · page 3

On Tuesday last, the day appointed for the return of a member for this district, the town was thronged at an early hour by a numerous assemblage of persons, and long before nine…

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The Election. Nomination of Candidates for Hunter, Brisbane, and Bligh

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1843 · page 4

The nomination of candidates for the representation of Hunter, Brisbane, and Bligh in the Legislative Council took place on Tuesday, June 20th, at Scone, in the…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, July 1, 1843. the Elections

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1843 · page 2

WE perceive, from a paragraph in the Sydney Herald of Wednesday last, that the new Council will meet for the first time on Thursday, the 27th July. Their first…

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The Election. Durham. (From a correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1843 · page 2

Saturday, the 24th June, being the day appointed for taking the poll for this county, the court was opened at Paterson by Major Johnstone at nine o'clock, and the polling…

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