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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1891

15 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Queanbeyan Election. the Polling

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 3

AS everybody predicted, the polling on Wednesday was very much interfered with by the heavy rains which had fallen on the previous two or three days. Wednesday itself was tolerably fine,…

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Electioneering Fixtures

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 4

THE following are the particulars of the writs and elected candidates. F signifies Freetrader, Protectionists, and L, Labour candidate. An asterisk(*) before the names indicates those who…

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Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 October 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Friday.—In the Assembly last night the Colonial Treasurer promised to bring down his financial statement before the end of next month. Mr. Dibbs is in favour of…

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Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Friday.—In the Assembly last night the Amending Railway Bill and the Mining on Private Property Bill were introduced. The consideration of the…

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A Bye Election

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 2

London, Thursday—For the Manchester seat rendered vacant by election to office of Post-master-General, Sir James Ferguson was re-elected by a majority of 327 over the…

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Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 14 October 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—In the Assembly last night a motion for referring the fiscal questo a plebescite vote was rejected by 45 to 28. M.1r. Sheldon is to ask whether any steps are…

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Freetraders and the Labour Candidate

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Friday.—The Freetrade party will probably support Mr. William Grantham, who has been selected by the Labour Electoral League to contest the East Sydney election…

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The Queanbeyan Age with Which Is Incorporated The Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Wednesday, November 4, 1891. RE-ELECTION

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 November 1891 · page 2

AUSTRALIANS oft pride themselves on the freedom and utility of thei[?] system of Constitutional proceedure. Truth may to a small extent, rest in the spirit of…

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U.s. Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 2

London, Thursday.—It is reported that a large number of farmers refrained from voting when Mr. Willian M'Kinley was chosen Governor of Ohio…

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Bourke Election

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 3

Sydney, Friday.—The candidates contesting the Bourke seat in the interests of Labor spoke last night…

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Parliamentary. Opening of Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 21 November 1891 · page 2

Parliament re-opened on Wednesday. In the Legislative Council, the Vice-president having taken the chair, Sir Julian Salamons laid a number of returns on the table…

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Bourke Election

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 21 November 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Friday.—Waddell is reported to be favourite for Bourke. Parsons has now retired…

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Bourke Election

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 25 November 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—waddell has been chosen to run for Bourke under the Protection Electoral Reform Association…

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Bourke Election

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 28 November 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Friday—Mr. Waddell's return for Bourke is considered certain. Mr. Waddell is the Protectionist candidate…

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The Bourke Election

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 9 December 1891 · page 3

The polling for the election of a Member to serve in the Legislative Assembly in the place of J. P. Howe, took place at Bourke on Friday, and resulted in the return of Mr. T. Waddell, the…

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