Liberal Party Candidate for Cunningham Selected
At a well attended meeting of Liberal Party members at Brandon Hall last Wednesday night, Mr. A. G. Thomson was…
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Politics & elections, 1951
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A. G. Thomson Lib. Candidate
SYDNEY, Monday. — Lieut-Col. Alan Gilbert Thomson, of Fairy Meadow, was tonight selected as the Liberal cadidate for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parliament Dissolved
Due to deadlocks reached by the refusal of the Senate (which is controlled by the Australian Labour Party) to pass legislation approved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another "Three-Cornered" Election Contest Likely
Another three-cornered contest, similar to the last Federal election in December, 1949, is likely to take place on Saturday, April 28, for Cunningham. Both the main parties, Labor and Liberal are expected to concentrate on "breaking down" the big number of informal votes in the Senate voting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →E. Aarans Will Be Communist Candidate
It was announced yesterday afternoon that Mr. E. Aarons would be contesting Cunningham as nominee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →3000 Miles by Taxi on Election Tour
DARWIN, Thursday.—Mrs. Jessie Litchfield, Independent candidate for the Northern Territory seat in the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1951 General Elections Postal Voting
Electors entitled to vote by post at the forthcoming Elections are those who on polling day will be outside the State or Territory for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Nominations For Federal Elections
SYDNEY, Friday.—Nominations for the Federal elections on April 28, when a record, number of almost 5,000,000 voters will go to the polls, closed at noon today. For the 48 New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Election Importance of the Senate
The Senate has a position of great power. It can reject financial proposals. It can amend any other Bill Knowing this, our opponents put…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Election
Nominations closed last Friday for the Federal elections on 28th April. In Macarthur (which embraces most of this district) there are only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Election Promises Broken
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Every important promise the Menzies Government made at the 1949 elections had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Labor Senate Sole Cause Of Election"
The Liberal candidate for Cunningham (Mr. A. G. Thomson) said last night the hostile Labor Senate, in refusing to allow the Federal Government…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pensioners To Quiz Election Candidates
The Wollongong Combined Pensioners' Committee has decided to invite the three candidates in the Cunningham…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Election Labour Policy
The official Labor Party has again selected and endorsed Mr. Bill McDonnell, the popular "Digger" Taxi proprietor of Nowra to contest the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor Gain in Qld. Bye-election
BRISBANE, Sunday—A Labor Party candidate yesterday won the bye-election for the State seat of Kedron, previously held…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Digger' Taxi Driver's Election Campaign
Digger taxi driver of Nowra Mr. W. P. McDonnel, is again contesting Macarthur as the Official Labour Candidate. Mr. McDonnell, said he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bevin's Death Revives U.K. Election Talk
LONDON, Monday, (A.A.P.).—The sudden death of Mr. Ernest Bevin on Saturday has revived talk of a British general electior…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To The Editor: Liberal Election Advice
SIR,—An election advertisement authorised by one Hannam, apparently a Liberal, says "Back to Chifley Means Back…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pensioners Question Candidates
The Secretary of the Combined Pensioners' Association (Mr. L. Mullin) said yesterday that Mr. W. Davies, M.H.R., and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Election
Speaking at Gerringong on Friday night, Liberal-Country Party Senator, John P. Tale, said:— "Because of Labour obstruction in…
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