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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1869

28 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 2

The Coming Election

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 November 1869 · page 1

IN our issue of the 23rd of last month we endeavoured to point out some of the qualifications that ought to be possessed by candidates for parliamentary honours,…

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The Expiring Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 November 1869 · page 4

Now that the business of the session is brought to a close, it becomes the duty of the people to consider the practical result of the last act of the parliament—the too successful effort made by the party who…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Wednesday, November 10

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 November 1869 · page 1

IN the Legislative Council, Mr. Deas Thomson brought up the report of the standing orders committee on the question submitted to them arising out of the minute of the colonial…

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The Coming Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 2 December 1869 · page 4

DURING the last few days candidates for the representation of the people in the ensuing parliament have begun to crop up pretty freely. In a short time the constituencies…

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The General Election. Members Returned

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 9 December 1869 · page 2

East Sydney—Henry Parkes, Sir James Martin, D. Buchanan, G. King. Newcastle—G. A. Lloyd. Paddington—Hon. J. Sutherland…

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Election of Palmer and Williams

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 16 December 1869 · page 2

Yesterday morning Charles Frederick George Palmer and John Williams underwent the full penalty of the law in Rockhampton jail. Palmer since his conviction showed that he felt the terrible position…

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List of Candidates

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 30 December 1869 · page 2

Goldfields North—W. D. Bourke, —Roman Goldfields South —G. M. Stephen, E. A. Baker Goldfields West —G. Lucas, W. Redman The Gwydir —T. Hungarford, H. Bennett…

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Election for Yass Plains

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 30 December 1869 · page 1

[?] Monday, at noon, the nomination of a member to represent the Yass Plains electorate in the Legislative Assembly took place at the court-house, Yass. On the…

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