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Politics & elections, 1920

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Maitland Electorate. the Labour Candidates

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 7

Mr. W. E. Brenna, one of the selected and endorsed Labour candidates for Maitland, has been busily engaged in touring the electorate on behalf of the Labour three…

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Progressive Candidates

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 7

Messrs. Roberts and Tindale addressed an enthusiastic meeting at Largs last night whilst Mr. Tindale spoke briefly at East Maitland, where Hon. W. Bennett…

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Election Results. Primary Returns Expected En[?] Big Staff Engaged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 12

The Chief Electoral Officer (Mr. L. Harkness) is hopeful that, with few er[?]tions, includeing absent votes, the totals the whole of the primary votes cast at…

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South African Elections. Indecisive Results. Capetown

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 10

The South African Party, with the Unionists, are expected to have a majority of four. It is considered probable what the Labour party will support General Smuts to…

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British By-election. London, Tuesday Night

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 10

In the by-election for Hornscastel rendered vacant by the resignation of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Archibald G. Weigall, the new Governor of South Australia, Captain Hotchkin…

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Federal Elections. 243,619 Informal Votes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 14

The number of informal votes recorded at the recent Federal elections was 175,114 for the Senate amd 68,535 for the House of Representatives. Divided among the States,…

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Namoi Ballot Labor Candidates Issue Writs. Against Narrabri Newspaper

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1920 · page 3

Mr Ennis, of Narrabri, secretary of the Labor campaign for the Namoi, slates, that for publishing an allegation that there was political corruption in the…

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Saturday's Polling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1920 · page 4

The returns so far are too incomplete to determine whether or not the Labour party is to have a majority in the new Parliament, but it is tolerably certain that if it does not…

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To-day's Telegrams Election Figures. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1920 · page 5

No fresh election figures were available to-day…

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Scene in Parliament. London, March 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 5

In the House of Commons Mr. Macpherson, Secretary for Scotland, replying to Lord Robert Cecil, said he had no further information regarding the murder of the…

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State Elections. Second Preference. Labour's Chance of Winning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 6

There is little change in the position of candidates on the first preference voles according to the latest figures available. The latest returns seem to have improved…

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Maitland Election. the Absence Votes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 4

The Returning Officer for the Maitland electorate (Mr. W. B. Geddes) has been advised of additional absentee votes, bringing the total up to 896. The bulk of these have…

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Muswellbrook Letter. the Election. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 8

The election proceedings here on Saturday were of a very orderly nature. As elsewhere throughout the State, the poll was small, and the number of informal votes…

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The Elections. Government's Position Insecure. Laborites Largest Individual Party

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 2

The State elections took place on Saturday, and everywhere passed off very quietly. The vote also, taken as a whole, was a small one,…

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The State Elections Voting in Singleton

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 2

Whatever interest might have been taken in the State elections elsewhere on Saturday last, the proceedings in Singleton were the quietest that have been…

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Date of Parliament. Probably April 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 6

The Electoral Act provides that the writs must be returned not later than 60 days after the date of their issue. They were issued on February 21, which makes April…

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Stars Elections

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 2

The election passed off quistly in Muswellbrook on Saturday. The Nationalist, Labour, and Progressive parties supporters had motor cars…

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State Elections. Still in Doubt. Labour's Possible Majority

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 6

The only fresh development yesterday in the polling for the State elections was the indication given of a heavy total of absent votes. Advices received up till late…

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To-day's Telegrams Election Returns. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1920 · page 5

There is no change in the Maitland figures, the absent votes for which now total 895. The figures for other electorates are unaltered…

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Federal Parliament. the Senate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1920 · page 3

In the Senate yesterday. Senator Millen, the Minister for Repatriation, moved the second reading of the Repatriation Bill. He said that repatriation had never been…

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