British Election. Novel Campaign. London, Wednesday night
The election campaign is now in full blast, and the number of candidates is swelling hourly, embarrassing the parties, which are unable to repress the swarm…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hunter Valley · Politics & elections
Politics & elections, 1918
443 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 23
Motley Array of Candidates. London
Interest is daily growing in the whirlwind election. There is an abundance of freak contests, including armless and legless soldier candidates, ex-Suffragettes,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Elections. Prime Minister's Defence. London
Mr. Lloyd George, in a speech devoted to the defence of his two year's administration, referred to the hesitation, delay, and nervousness of the Government at the end of 1916…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Elections. Mrs. Lloyd George Busy. London
Mrs. Lloyd George, wife of the Prime Minister, is making a tour of Wales in a motor car, addressing meetings in support of her husband's candidature for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliamentary Elections Bill. No Reduction in Pay or Numbers
In the Legislative Assembly on Friday, the Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill was further considered in committee. An amendment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Elections. the Women's Vote. Lloyd George's Appeal. LONDON
Mr. Lloyd George, Prime Minister at a great meeting in the Albert Hall, London made an appeal for votes of the women. The meeting was attended exclusively by woman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →L.W.W. REPORT. Special Meeting of Parliament Suggested
In answer to Sir Brookfield, the Premier said in the Assembly on Tuesday that when the report of the Royal Commissioner who inquired into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women Candidates
At Birmingham, Miss Christabel Pankhurst is left to fight the Labour candidate, the Coalition candidate having withdrawn in her favour, while the famous suffragette, Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Elections. a Novel Campaign. Vancouver
The closing of the election campaign finds 1500 candidates competing for 600 seats. For the first time in modern history three cornered contests are the rule rather than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament
Parliament is to end its session today, if practicable. The usual process of forcing measures through the House has been resorted to, with its concomitant of ali-night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Elections. Hecklers Everywhere Busy. Vancouver
A message from London states that thousands of election meetings are held daily, and would-be M.Ps. are getting a heckling which formerly was a speciality of North…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Elections. Plethora of Candidates. [?]
For the British house of Commons, 107 were returned unopposed, including 41 Coalition Unionists, 27 Coalition Liberals, 27 Sinn-Feiners, 11 Labour men, and one…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →British Elections. Conscription Controversy Churchill on Home Rule. VANCOUVER
A London message says that in the appeals to the electors there is a noticeable disinclination to exploit the supposed "colonial" opinion, or at least a failure to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Elections. Mrs. Lloyd George Busy London
[?] Lloyd George, wife of the Prime Minister, is making a tour of Wales in a motor car, addressing meeting in support of her husband's candidature for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →British Elections. the Women's Vote. Lloyd George's Appeal. LONDON
Mr. Lloyd George, Prime Minister, at a great meeting in the Albert Hull, London, made an appeal for votes of the women. The meeting was attended exclusively by women…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Elections. Prime Minister's Defence. London
Mr. Lloyd George, in a speech devoted to the defence of two year's administration, referred to the he[?] delay, and nervousness of the Government at the end of 1916…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →British Elections. a Novel Campaign. Vancouver
The closing of the election campaign finds 1500 candidates competing for 600 seats. For the first time in modern history three cornered contests are the rule rather them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Women Candidates
At Birmingham, Miss Christabel Pankhurst is left to fight the Labour candidate, the Coalition candidate having withdrawn in her favour, while the famous suffragette, Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labour Leading. the Corangamite Election
The polling in the bye-election took place in Corangamite (Vic.), on Saturday. This was the first election for the House of Representatives in which the system of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British Elections
The holding of general elections at this particular time must be regarded as singularly unfortunate by all thoughtful people, because of the rapid return to party…
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