By-election Postal Votes May Be Forgeries
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two detectives for a week have been checking the rolls and postal votes and interviewing electors in the…
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Politics & elections, 1946
386 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 20
Close Scrutiny At All By-Election Polling Booths Today
SYDNEY: Special precautions are being taken by both electoral officers and party scrutineers at the four State by-elections today to ensure that only qualified electors vote and no votes are duplicated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fear Dominates French Elections
France goes to the polls to-morrow to elect the first Parliament of the Fourth under the new Constitution accepted last month. The life of this Parliament is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parkes Election "2000 Soldiers Misled, Deprived of Votes"
CANBERRA, Friday.—Allegations that 2000 soldier voters had been deprived of votes in the Parkes electorate in the recent Federal Election, because wrong information was deliberately given them by Liberal Party…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Trouble Over Bulgarian Elections
LONDON, Friday: A declaration that the recent Bulgarian elections (which resulted in a victory for Communist candidates) did not express…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Harvey Wins By-election at Maitland
Securing 30 per cent. of the formal votes at the Maitland City Council by-election on Saturday, Mr. John Harvey, of Lorn, was elected to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Communists Lead in French Election: State of Parties
PARIS, Sunday: With about half of the votes counted, Communists are leading in the general election for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Special Guard For King And Queen On Drive To Parliament
LONDON, Tuesday.—Army and police are at the alert in London today against the possibility of Jewish bomb outrages during the opening of Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canberra Check On Elections
CANBERRA, Monday.—A polling check of the Federal elections now being made would probably reveal any irregularities in voting, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers Among Leaving Exam Candidates
The Leaving Certificate examination will commence in New South Wales High Schools to-day. More than 300 boys and girls will sit for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lang's Son Wins Auburn By-Election
SYDNEY.—Mr. J. C Lang, son of Mr. J. T. Lang, M.H.R., has won the Auburn by-election. He had an absolute majority of 986 over his two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Water Board Union Elections
Three candidates will content the ballot for secretary of the Water Board Employees' Union to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court Petition Against Member's Election
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A petition asking that the election of William Paul O'Connor as member for West Sydney on September 28 be declared…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A protest against the Senate election system was made by Senator Cooper (C.P., Qld.) in the Senate to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament May Suspend, But Not Refuse Salary
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The Full Court to-day unanimously upheld an appeal by Mr. J. F. Barnes, M.L.A., against being deprived of salary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Mid-Week Racing Before Next June: State Election First
SYDNEY: Mid-week racing will not be resumed in New South Wales before June, 1947, and possibly not before the beginning of 1948. This is because the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Unable To Forecast N.Z. Election Result
According to political observers, only one thing is certain about the New Zealand elections to be held next Wednesday: That a landslide to either of the two main parties is unlikely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Killed in Rumanian Election Clashes
BUCHAREST, Nov. 21. A.A.P.—The Ministry of the Interior announced that six people were killed and many others injured throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labour Win in By-election
LONDON, Nov. 21. A.A.P.—In the North Paddington by-election, Mr. W. J. Field (Labour), with 13,082 votes, won from Mr. H. L. Turner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Communists Lead In Rumanian Elections
LONDON, Thursday: Returns from 33 of the 59 electorates in this week's Rumanian elections given the Government bloc, which is dominated by…
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