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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1847

6 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Election of District Councillors

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1847 · page 2

Yesterday being the day appointed by the Act for the election of two District Councillors in lieu of the two retiring members, Messrs. John Portus and Peter Green, about…

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Opening of Parliament. Tuesday, Jan. 19. the Queen's Progress

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1847 · page 1

At a quarter before two o'clock, the royal cortège proceeded from Buckingham Palace in the usual order, and by the accustomed route, along the Mall,…

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Punch's Ad[?]ice to Parliament

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 May 1847 · page 1

Mr. Punch r[?]spectfully begs to remind members of the House of Commons that Parliament will assemble on Tuesday, the 19th instant, fo[?] the despatch of business…

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English News. [From the "Home News," July 24.] Parliament.—the Dissolution

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 November 1847 · page 4

The ceremonies of the prorogation yesterday were the same as usual; the crowd greater, and the interest more intense. It was the inauguration of the Houses of…

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Government Gazette. Tuesday, November 23, 1847. Writ of Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 November 1847 · page 4

His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified, for general information, that the seat of John Dunmore Lang, Esq., in the Legislative Council, having become vacant,…

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Election Results. (From the Morning Chronicle.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 December 1847 · page 4

If the Liberals gain upon the whole election, as we have supposed, fifteen seats from the Peelites, and thirty-five seats from the Protectionists, the numbers will then stand thus:…

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