The Election Result
ONLY fifteen months have elapsed since the last Federal general elections, when there was a tremendous swing over to Labor. Even a…
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Politics & elections, 1931
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Stocks Improve Result of Election Evident. Sydney
On the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day the effect, of the Parkes by-election was evident by the distinct improvement in the tone of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Rejected Huge Majority for Nationalist Candidate SYDNEY
Parkes has gone back to National'sm. Labour met with a defeat in the Parkes by-election. From the vote it appears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commonwealth Securities Improvement in Market Effect of Parkes By-election Sydney
On the Sydney Stock Exchange today, the effect of the Parke by-election was evident in a distinct improvement in the tone of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gilbert and Orbell v. Giles and Ryan Four Active Candidates Contesting Two Vacant Chairs in Dubbo Council Brief Speeches to the Electors
Never in the history of the Municipality has so much interest been taken in si by-election. On Saturday night the four candidates addressed the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marr Wins Easily Labor's Big Defeat Record Reverse Vote Against Inflation and Repudiation The Parkes By-Election
To swing a deficit of 8360 to a credit of 7496 is a performance to be proud of Yet that is exactly what the Nationalist Party did at Saturday's by-election in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo By-election
Sir,—The advent of Labor candidates into the Municipal arena is, in view called for and unasked for, by unionists of recent happenings, unwarranted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor Rejected by Parkes Electors Huge Majority for Nationalist Candidate
Parkes has gone back to Nationalism. Labour met with a defeat in the Parkes by-election. From the vote it appears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Call Parliament Together" Appeal For C.P. Leader
A request that Parliament should be called together (Immediately to impose a sales tax on flour is contained is a letter from the leader of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal By-election
ON Saturday. residents of Dubbo have to elect two aldermen to till vacancies in the Municipal Council. Four candidates have been nominated and the election protases to be one off the keenest in the history of the municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council By-election
Commenting on the Dubbo Municipal by-election, the Wellington "Times" says: "Dubbo candidates for municipal honours are addressing the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-morrow's Election
Sir,—When reading the report of speeches by Messrs. Giles and Ryan, I was extremely interested to note that they were both introduced as having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two New Aldermen Messrs. Orbell and Gilbert Elected by Large Majority Decisive Defeat of A.L.P. Candidates Intense Interest Shown in By-election
By more than a two to one majority, Frank Gilbert and Albert Ellis Orbell have been elected aldermen of the municipality of Dubbo. Backed by the combined Progress and Ratepayers' Associations, they polled 2318 votes between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Election Tabloids
The combined progress and Ratepayers' Associations are to be congratulated on their splendid organisation, which was a big factor in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo Ratepayers Most Decisive Vote For Independent Thought and Action A.L.P. Candidates Defeated by a Big Majority Women Workers Weave Wonders
Saturday's by-election will go down in history as the best and most enthusiastic by-election, over contested in the history of Dubbo Municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Election Sidelights
Mr. J. Healy had everything in working order for the election and, as Returning Officer, kept a watehful eye during the long day. His deputies were Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cobar A.l.p. Candidate Selected for Municipal Vacancy
A largely attended special meeting of the Cobar branch of the Political Labor League was held in the Council Chambers, Cobar, on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Parliament Dr. Earle Page's Request
The Leader of the Country Party. Dr. Earle Page, who wrote to the Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Election Unless Forced
Addressing the Parliamentary Labour Party, the Prime Minister stated that the Government would not throw the country into the confus on of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Decisive Defeat of A.L.P. Candidates
By more than a two to one majority, Frank Gilbert and Albert Ellis Orbell have been elected aldermen of the Murticipality of Dubbo Backed…
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