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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1922

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Coalition Candidates Kilgour and Cromarty

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 5

It is stated that in addition to Mr. J. L. Fegan. M.L.A., Messrs. R. G. Kilgour (ex-Mayor of Newcastle), and Magnus Cromarty (who contested the…

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State Elections. Date Still in Doubt. Question of Further Prorogation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. Dooley, the State Premier, returned to Sydney this morning, and had a busy day receiving callers in connection with campaign and other matters…

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Coalition Candidates. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 5

A large batch of candidates have submitted their names for selection in the Coalition interest in connection with the forthcoming elections. A…

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Municipal Election Hamilton Vacancy Nominations To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 7

Nomination papers, with the Consent of the candidate attached. for the vacancy in the Hamilton Council created by the resignation of…

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Labor Candidate

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. C. L. O'Brien, president of the Newcastle and Maitland Framway Union, has been endorsed as an additional Labor representative for the…

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Soccer Adamstown Rosebuds Election of Officers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 5

The Adamstown Rosebud Soccer Football Club was not as successful in the grade competitions under the N.D.R.F.A. as in previous years,…

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State Elections. Statement by Mr. Dooley. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. Dooley, State Premier, said to-day: —"I resent the childish chatter being indulged in by the newspapers as to the date of the elections and the…

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Hamilton Council Extraordinary Vacancy Six Candidates Nominated

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 4

The nomination of candidates for the vacaney in Hamilton Council, created by the resignation of Mr. David Murray. M.L.A. took place in…

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State Elections. Coalition Candidates. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 6

The list of Progressive candidates who inte[?] to honour the working agreement with the Nationalists for a combined effort to defeat the Labour Government…

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Hamilton Election Progressive Candidate

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Hargraves, who styles himself the Progressive candidate and who is seeking municipal honors at the forthcoming Hamilton election addressed a…

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National Notations Big Bunch of Candidates

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 1

Mr. Charles A. Earp, chairman Newcastle National Campaign Committee, has received the following nominations for selection to run in…

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Maitland Election Campaign Plethora of Candidates

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 5

A big field will contest the Maitland seat at the forthcoming elections. Eight nominations have been received for the Labor selections, and the…

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State Elections. Labour Selection Ballots. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 5

The ballots for the selection of Labour candidates to contest the metropolitan constituencies were held yesterday. There was a big crop of aspirants in most of…

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National Progressive Candidates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. Charles A. Earp, chairman Newcastle National Campaign Committee, has received the following nominations for selection to run in the National-Progressive…

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Newcastle Candidates. Labour Selection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. J. G. Plunkett, returning officer for the ballot for the selection of five Labour candidates for the Newcastle electorate at the next State election, stated last night…

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Papal Election. the Roman Question Creates a Division (Australian Cable Association.) ROME

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 5

Interest in the election of a successor to Pope Benedict XV. is growing. The issue lies in a strong division between the Italian members of the Sacred…

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Three of Newcastle's Labor Candidates

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 1

Shackleton was born at Kilkee, a watering place in county Clare, on February 15, 1874, being the eldest son of Dr. Henry Shackleton. He was…

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Votes and Smoke-ohs Labor Selection Ballots Serious Allegations Candidates' Dissatisfaction SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 7

In nearly every Instance, with the exception of Balmain, the counting of the Labor selection ballots which started on Saturday…

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The State Elections. Labour Ballots. Protest in Sydney Electorate. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 5

As was anticipated, a protest has been lodged in connection with the Labour selection ballot for the Sydney electorate, in which a difference of only four vo[?]…

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DISSATISFACTION Sydney Labor Candidates Ill-feeling Prevalent SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 5

Until the A.L.P. executive meets to-morrow night the position of the five candidates who headed the selection ballot for the Sydney seat will…

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