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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1947

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Coonabarabran Shire Elections to the Electors of ‘B’ Riding

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 6

I have consented to submit my name as a candidate for “B” Riding at the approaching elections to be held on 6th December, 1947,…

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Saturday’s Shire Elections Holder-Keeping and Harper for Coonabarabran

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 1

A last minute-flash from our “Gallop” poll expert states that Councillor John Holder-Keeping and ex-Urban Committeeman and Councillor, H- P. (Bubbles) Harper, are certain to be elected for “D” Riding (Coonabarabran Urban…

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Shire Elections To the Electors of ‘B’ Riding

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 6

I wish to announce that I Will be a candidate for the above Riding at the Coonabarabran Shire Elections to be held on Saturday…

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Coonabarabran Shire Elections to the Electors of “A” Riding

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 13

Having been nominated as candidate for “A” Riding at the forthcoming Shire Elections, I would like to state my policy, if…

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The Election Issue is Clear (To the Editor)

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 10

Sir.— the issue facing the election on Saturday is simple and clear. They have to choose between the negative policy of Mr…

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Coonabarabran Shire Elections to the Electors of “B” Riding

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 9

I have decided to again offer my services as a Councillor of the Coonabarabran Shire Council, as a representative of “B” Riding,…

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Compulsory W? in Council Elections

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 1

Vetting will be ? for the first ?, and municipal elections ?. This will apply to the ?…

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Municipal Elections (To the Editor)

The Western Herald · Friday 5 December 1947 · page 4

Dear Sir,—In your last issue of the Western Herald, Mr. J. A. Johnson claimed that certain annomalies existed in respect to…

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Today's Elections

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1947 · page 2

Today ratepayers will have the opportunity of electing a council to serve their interests for the next three years. There are twenty-three Richmonds in the field each one pledged to do his best for the community irrespective of sectional…

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Local Government Election Results Big Proportion of Electors Disobey Compulsory Voting Law Four of Five Sitting Aldermen Returned Mayor Loses Seat and Five New Aldermen Join Council

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 December 1947 · page 1

OVER 600 electors or the Wellington Municipality disobeyed the law for compulsory voting in the Local Govt. elections on Saturday last and only about 64 out of every hundred electors of Macquarie Shire recorded their votes. In view of…

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Municipal Elections Ratepayers Express Confidence In Retiring Aldermen

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1947 · page 2

The Municipal elections on Saturday were carried out in an orderly manner and without any exhibition of partisanship or animosity. Small groups around the polling booths were to be seen…

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Hartley By-election Campaign Opened Lithgow

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1947 · page 1

"Australians today are cursed, badgered and bewildered by boards, departments, controllers, bureaux and commissions, chief cooks and…

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CORRESPONDENCE Dubbo Municipal Elections 1947

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1947 · page 7

Sir, I would like, per medium of your columns, to congratulate the successful candidates at the Triennial Municipal Elections held last Saturday,…

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Chifley Unseated At Shire Election

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1947 · page 7

Defeat of Mr. J. B. Chifley (Prime Minister) in A riding of Abercrombie shire at the local government elections was a…

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Saturday's Council Elections WARREN

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 11 December 1947 · page 2

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Cr. Hitchen Tops Poll Saturday's Shire Election Cr. Squirrell and Mr. B. R. Buckley Also Elected

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 11 December 1947 · page 1

Voting in Saturday's Shire Election, to elect three representatives for B Ridings passed off quietly, and…

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NARROMINE Municipal Elections

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1947 · page 2

Voting in the Municipal elections on Saturday was a record. Mr. C. J. Cale, one of the new nominees topped the pole with 652 votes…

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Quiet Election Night

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 December 1947 · page 13

Despite the fact that last Saturday provided one of the “hottest little elections that the north-west has seen”—to quote S.M.H.—it was…

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Election of Officers at Graziers’ Meeting

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 December 1947 · page 12

When the Coonabarabran branch of the Graziers’ Association of NSW held its annual meeting recently all the…

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Shire Wants Special Election to Fill Vacant Seat

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 December 1947 · page 4

When the five councillors of the Timbr?bongle Shire Council met on Wednesday after being re-elected unopposed, they were informed that…

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