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New England · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1901

429 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 22

Our Local Parliament

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 2

At the regular meeting of the Municipal Council on Tuesday night there were present: The Mayor (Ald. Claveric), Ald. Fitzgerald, Kirkwood,…

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The Elections

The Inverell Times · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 2

The Federal elections took place throughout the colony yesterday. As explained in another column, the returns cannot be published in this issue, but…

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The State Elections. (The Editor of the Inverell TIMES.)

The Inverell Times · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 2

I notice that Mr. McIlveen, a candidate for Inverell at the State elections, announces in his public notice that he has received so many unsolicited…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. the Federal Elections

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 5

It is unlikely that any returns for the House of Representatives will be ready before 9 o'clock to-night…

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Election Notes

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 2

Tamworth "News" says: "Mr. Lonsdale voted against Reid's Government and against freetrade because of the proposals to make exemptions, in…

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The Federal Candidates

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 2

Three candidates appear before the electors of New England, and only one can be chosen to represent them in…

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Federal Election. The Richmond Polling.: Pyers Scored Heavily

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 2

THE first Federal Election in Tenterfield, an obscure corner of the Richmond Electorate now, (thanks to the action of an intriguing camp who handed us over)…

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New England Election. A Close Contest. Tamworth

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 3

The complete returns for New England give Sawers elected by a majority of four. The final figures are: Sawers...... 3961]…

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An Election Quarrel. BRISBANE, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 5

DURING an election discussion on Saturday evening in Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, an altercation took place between two men named Doyle…

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Late News [Through Our Telegraphic Agents.] The Elections. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 5

THE returns show that for the Senate twenty freetraders, fourteen protectionists, and two independents have been returned…

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The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents Letters, we do not necessarily endorse their opinions). Clergymen and Elections

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 2

SIR,-- The sight of a clerical gentleman rushing about, armed A LA scrutineer, among voters, is something novel. Glen Innes supplied the novelty last Friday, when the Rev…

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The Elections

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 2

SPLENDID weather prevailed on Friday for the elections. The event was unusually tame. Once or twice opposing electors argued themselves into blows, but nothing…

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Election Work

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 2

AN idea of the vast amount of clerical detail entailed in the compilation of the official election returns for the Senate and House of Representatives may be imagined when it is…

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Sydney. Monday, 1.10 P. M. the Federal Election

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 2

The return shows that for the Senate 20 Freetraders, 14 Protectionists, and two Independents have been returned; and for the House of Representatives 31 Freetraders, 39…

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Federal Election

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 April 1901 · page 2

The final returns for New England give Sawers a majority of four votes over Lonsdale…

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The State Elections

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 5

Mr. J. McIlveen, one of the candidates for the Inverell electorate, in the State Parliament, addressed the electors on Monday night at the Oxford Hall. There was a large attendance…

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The Elections

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 2

The elections to the first Federal Parliament, so far as New South Wales is concerned, took place on Friday last. In Inverell there was very little enthusiasm manifested throughout…

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Election Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 3

Mr. Reid's triumphant victory in East Sydney is all the more marked when it is considered that he made only one speech in its boundaries…

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A Federal Candidate

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 7

A labour candidate who is new to public life had been interviewed by a reporter in reference to his opinion of the Federal campaign, and he felt rery…

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Clerk of Parliament

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 3

Mr. Blackmore, Clerk of Parliament in South Anstralia, has been appointed clerk to the Senate, and Mr. Jeakins, Clerk of Parliament in Victoria, clerk to the House of Representatives…

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