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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1918

75 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 4

Local and General News Monaro Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1918 · page 2

A largely attended meeting of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Political League was held at Macdonell House, Pitt-street, Sydney,…

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The Monaro Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1918 · page 1

The fixing of the date of this election for the 23rd inst. does not leave much time for the various candidates to traverse the…

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Monaro Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1918 · page 7

Premier Holman left Sydney night for Cooma to open the byelection campaign. Both the National and Labor candidates have…

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The National Candidate. Tribute to Mr. Sullivan

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 November 1918 · page 2

On Saturday morning when it became known that Mr. P. Sullivan had been selected by the National Party to contest the Monaro seat, and was to leave…

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Electoral District of Monaro. Bye Election, November 1918. Nomination of Candidates

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 3

I HEREBY notify that the undermentioned persons have been duly nominated as Candidates for Election as Member of the Legislative Assembly of New South…

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The Monaro Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 9

On Monday night last Mr. E. J. Doe, member for the Murray electorate in the State Parliament, addressed a meeting in the…

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The Man for Monaro. The Selected Nationalist Candidate, MR. " Paddy" Sullivan

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 3

Mr. "Paddy" Sullivan, the unanimously chosen standard-bearer of the National Party in the present contest for the Monaro State seat, is district born and bred. His father was one of the early selectors, and in the "sixties" took up land at Cathcart, where the subject of this…

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The Attorney General in Queanbeyan. Mr. Hall Supports the National Candidate

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 2

In a speech characteristic of Mr. Hall this gentleman spoke last night in support of the National candidate. There was a splendid attendance and the…

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Monaro By-Election. Campaign Opens in Queanbeyan. Visit of Premier Holman. Large and Enthusiastic Meeting

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 2

The first shot in the campaign was fired on Tuesday night when the Premier, Mr. Holman, addressed a large, enthusiastic, and representative meeting in the Triumph…

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Tribute to the Candidate

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 2

Mr. Holman prefaced his remarks by stating they did not want to fight the campaign on personal grounds. Still he could not help mentioning that…

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The National Candidate Speaks

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 2

Mr. Sullivan, who was well received, opened his speech by remarking that Premier Holman in his address at Cooma had made reference to the National Party's…

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Monaro Election. Mr. Lazzarini, M.L.A., at Braidwood

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1918 · page 4

On Saturday evening Mr. C. C. Lazzarini, M.L.A. for Marrickville in the State Parliament, addressed a largely attended open-air…

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The Monaro Election. Mr. Hungerford Speaks

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 November 1918 · page 2

Mayor Collett presided at Mr. H. J. S. Hungerford’s meeting in the Triumph Hall on Saturday night. In introducing the speaker the Mayor said Mr…

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Election Notes

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 November 1918 · page 2

Mr. P. Sullivan, the National candidate, who; has been addressing meetings in the Braidwood end of the electorate, has created a very…

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Election Points

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 November 1918 · page 2

The issue of the Monaro by-election is Australia and the Empire versus Australia against the Empire. The policy of the Labour candidate, Mr…

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The Monaro Election. Mr. Hungerford at Braidwood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 November 1918 · page 4

On Wednesday night Mr. H. J. S. Hungerford, who describes himself as the Independent and Economic Candidate, addressed a…

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The Monaro Election. "Jack" Osborne, M.L.A., in Good Form

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 November 1918 · page 2

A large open-air meeting was held near the School of Arts last night when Mr. J. P. Osborne, member for Paddington, addressed the electors in support of the…

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Saturday's Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1918 · page 1

A stranger to Australian politics, after listening to the views of the three candidates in the present by-election, would almost…

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The Monaro Election. Meeting in Ryrle Park

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1918 · page 4

On Sunday afternoon last Mrs. Manchie, organiser of the Labor party, and Mr. M. Burke, M.L.A. for Belmore, addressed a large…

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Monaro Election. H. Lestrange

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 November 1918 · page 2

Will address the electors in the Protestant Hall on Tuesday night, at 8 o'clock. J. Bailey's challenge at his opening meeting as to his…

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