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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1923

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The Post-election Wrangle

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 1

The inquest upon the recent Federal election, which commenced the day after the Doll, is still unfinished. As usual in such cases there has…

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The Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 4

Mr. A. W. McDougall (Labr) is the first N.S.W. candidate to be elected to the Senate. The count for the first vacancy was completed on…

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The Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

By a small margin of 2413 votes Mr. Mllen ultimately gained the second vacancy for the Senate against his opponent, Mr. Grant…

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The Elections

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 5

The counting for the first Senate sea tin West Australia is completed. Needham (Lab.) won by 1228 over the Nationalist…

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Election of Officers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 3

The election of officerss resulted as follows: Chaplain: Rev. Father Haydon. Warden: Bro. R. C. Doak…

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Strenuous Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 5

One of the rowdiest election campaigns known in any part of Queensland for many years closed at Rockhampton on Saturday night…

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Federal Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 7

The debate on the no-confidence motion moved by the Labor party was resumed in the House of Representatives yesterday and not…

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Special Session of Parliament

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 7

A proposal has been made that a special Federal session should be held to discuss Imperial and foreign relations. The suggestion is said…

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Queensland Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 2

The latest figures point to a substantial victory for the Labor party in the general election in Queensland. The party will have a largely…

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Queensland Elections Labor Sweeps Polls

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 5

There were animated scenes in Brisbane on Saturday night when it became known that Labor had been victorious at the elections…

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Queensland Elections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 1
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

The result of the State election in Queensland last week reveals a pronounced Swing over in votes since the Federal election to the Labor…

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That Cooma Meeting Election Upset

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 3

A few weeks age, after a stormy meeting of a section of the Australian Labor party at Cooma, presided over by Mr. J. Bailey, M.L.A.,…

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Federal Parliament

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1923 · page 5

An amendment to the Address-in-Reply was moved by Mr. Charlton in the Federal House on Thursday. The amendment relates to the…

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Telegraphic News. SYDNEY. Thursday. 4 p.m. Federal, Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 June 1923 · page 7

Mr. Chariton moved the adjourment of the House yesterday to discuss the question of the deportation to the Irish envoys. The moton…

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Federal Parliament

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 5

Disorderly scenes punctuated the all-night sitting of the House of Representatives on the Supply Bill on Thursday…

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State Parliament Additional Bills

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1923 · page 7

A number of additional bills to those already forecasted will be submitted to the forthcoming session of the State Perliament. It was learnt…

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Federal Parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 7

In the Federal Parliament the Prime Minister moved the second reading of the Commonwealth Shiping Line Bill. The balance sheet…

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Member of Parliament Charged

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 5

On two charges of stealing Frederick Arthur Baglin, 47, a member of the West Australian Legislative Council, was arrested in Fremantle…

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Federal Parliament

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 5

Last week saw the accomplishment of some useful work in the House of Representatives. The bill for the creation of a sinking fund to redeem the…

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