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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1922

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New Parliament. Early Adjournment Expected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 2

Assuming that Mr. Dooley's Government resigns before Parliament meets on April 26, and that Sir George Fuller in the meantime is…

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Nationalist Conference. Oppose Northern Parliament's Action

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 2

A representative conference of Nationalists, held at Enniskillen, unanimously carried a resolution strongly objecting to the present operations of the…

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Ex-Member of Parliament Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 2

Alexander Frederick Parker, an ex M.L.A. Prahran in the Legislative Assembly, was committed for trial at Melbourne on Monday on a charge of…

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The State Elections. Delayed Returns. Sir Geo Fuller's Majority

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 2

It was anticipated that finality would have been reached yesterday in at least three of the outstanding electorates, but for some reasons which…

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Railway Men. Warned Against Stampede. Result' of Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 2

The secretary of the railway workers' Industry branch of the Australian Workers Union (Mr. E. J. Stein) has issued an appeal to…

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The State Elections. Byron Returns. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 5

Byron returns are now complete. Nesbitt, Perdriau, and Missingham have been elected. The last-named did not obtain a quota but was 223…

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State Elections Position of the Parties

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 3

Tuesday's figures further augmented the anti-Labor majority. Messrs Main (Cootamundra) and Vincent, (Oxley) were added to the…

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Ex-Memder of Parliament. Committed for Trial

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 3

Alexander Frederick Parker, an ex-M.L.A., for Prahran, in the Legislative Assembly, was committed for trial at Melbourne on Monday…

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Wammerawa. Mr. Ashford's Election to Be Contested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 5

Mr. J. White, secretary of the Dubbo A.L.P., and director of the Labour campaign in Wammerawa, has received a letter from Mr. J…

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The Elections

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 3

When the counting had been, concluded for the Oxley electorate on Monday Whatson, Bennett, Moran, Algie, Wallace and M'Rae had been eliminated,…

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Maitland Electorate. Declaration of Poll. Candidates Speeches

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 2

In order to show the total number of votes secured by the successful candidates, M. Bromhead, Returning officer, and his assistants…

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Election Notes and Expectations. (No. 2)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 8

The Ecclefechan sage tells us that "universal history" the history of what man has accomplished in this world is at bottom the history of the…

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The New Parliament Anti-labor Majority of 14

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 5

What is practically the last nail in the Dooley Government's coffin has been driven in by the defeat of Mr Swiney at Byron…

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The Elections. Labour Candidates Return Thanks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 7

Mr. W. O'Hearn, M.L.A., and Mr. W. Brennan, who, with Mr. J. Culbert, contested the Maitand seat at the State elections in the Labour…

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The Elections

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 5

The only return available yesterday at the Electoral Office was the completion of the count for the Murray electorate…

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Mr. Ashford's Election

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 6

Mr. J. Clark, who was one of the defeated Labour candidates in the Wammerawa election, was becoming reconciled to his fate when ho was met on…

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Maitland Electorate Declaration of Poll. Candidates' Speeches

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 6

In order to show the total number of votes secured by the successful candidates, Mr. W. S. Bromhead, Returning-officer, and his assistants…

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New State Scheme. Elections Give an Impetus. an Australian Movement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 3

The Northern and Riverina New State movements are received a considerable impetus as the result of the recent State elections," said MR. V. C…

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Election Returns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 4

The completed returns that have so far been received indicate that the press forecasts so early as Monday morning last attained a remarkable…

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The Singleton Argus. Saturday, April 8. Mr. Loughlin and the Elections

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 6

When interviewed regarding the defeat of Labor, Mr Loughlin (Minister for Lands) gave it as his opinion that "there is nothing much wrong about the…

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