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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1920

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The "Postal Vote" Candidates. Cooma Laborites Assert Themselves

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 5

At a largely attended meeting of the supporters of Mr. P. C. Evans at Cooma the following resolutions were carried unanimously:—"That…

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Work and Vote for the Local Candidates

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 2

Increase production by opening up the land to the people; encourage the establishment of factories to deal with increased production; establish a condition of…

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State Elections Polling Day—Saturday, March 20 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Instructions How to Vote Number for Every Candidate

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 3

The State elections will take place on Saturday, March 20, and the polling booths will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. A change has been made in the manner of…

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Goulburn Election. Labor Candidates in Braidwood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 4

Messrs. J. Bailey, M.L.A., and F. Morgan, who describe themselves as the selected and endorsed Labor candidates for Goulburn,…

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Goulburn Election. (Continued from preceding page)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 5

west to certain failure. The speaker discussed the wheat scandals at considerable length, but brought out nothing beyond what is…

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Polling at Queanbeyan

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 2

The poll at Queanbeyan was taken in the Protestant Hall, instead of at the Court House as was the case at previous elections. The…

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Telegraphic News. Monday, 4 p.m. the Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 7

A few further returns from the various electorates have been received, but have not materially altered the positions of the…

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The Elections. Labor Gains Heavily. Position Still Obscure, But Labor May Win

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 4

The polling in Braidwood on Saturday was quietly conducted. Like almost every other booth in the State a very small poll was…

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The Elections

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 2

The latest election returns cannot bring much satisfaction to National or Labor parties. It is clear that the Progressives will hold the key…

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The Editor's Note Book. Saturdays Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 1

Saturday's polling was remarks able (1) for the smallness of the number of people who exercised the franchsie, about 50 per cent,…

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The Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 4

Mr. Evans polled 1081 votes in the four Goulburn booths against Mr. Bailey's 797. The following are the latest…

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Telegraphic News Thursday, 4 p.m. the Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 7

As the result of the counting of absent votes yesterday Mr. Holman's position for Cootamundra improved. Of the 576 counted…

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Goulburn Election

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 2

The Returning Officer expects to start on the second preference votes to-morrow afternoon, provided all the ballot papers are in his hands…

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The Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1920 · page 5

The election situation remains obscure. As the whole of the votes in each electorate are counted for the first time this or that…

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The Election. Goulburn Seat

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 4

Mr. James was elected the second member for the Goulburn electorate on Tuesday night after the exclusion or Messrs. Grogan,…

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Goulburn Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 5

The counting of the votes and allotting the preferences for the Goulburn electorate was completed last week, the final result…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Tuesday, April 13, 1920. The Elections

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

The election has resulted in an unqualified rebuff for the Government. However distasteful the admission may be, truth compels it…

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Will There Be Another Election? Hinges on Speakership

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 5

"The Government is running in a hurdle race. We have got over, one or two jumps without many scratches, but there is another…

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Parliament Opens

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 4

The new Slate Parliament was opened on Tuesday by commission. The galleries were crowded with, visitors…

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Parliament Meets. Mr. Levy Elected Speaker

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 6

The State Parliament was opened at noon on Tuesday by a Commission which was read in the Upper House by the…

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