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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1931

112 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 6

N.Z. Elections State of Parties Wellington (N.z.)

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 3 December 1931 · page 1

The latest state of the parties at the general election, reveals that the Coallton Government have 51 seats and the Opposition 29 seats…

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Banks’ Amalgamation Ratified by Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 1

The State Parliament yesterday ratified the agreement reached between the Commonwealth Bank Board and the Commissioners of the…

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The Local Government Elections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 2

The elections for both the municipality and shire take place to-morrow between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. The elections have been…

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Federal Elections Postal Voting

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 3

Electors qualified to vote by post at Commonwealth elections are those who, on polling day, will not be within the State for which they…

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New Zealand Elections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 2

Latest messages from Wellington regarding the election reveal that the Government will have 51 seats and the Opposition 29…

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Municipal Elections L.G.A. DECISION No Injunction to be Applied For SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 2

The Secretary, Local Government Association, Mr. Bluett, stated to-day that his association had decided not to apply for an injunction to restrain…

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Municipal Election

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 1

Sir.—As an old municipal officer, with some fifty years active municipal experience, and a regular visitor to Queanbeyan, who has the interests of…

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Municipal Election Heavy Polling

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 1
Also in The Braidwood Review and District Advocate

The contest for the nine seats in the Municipal Council which took place on Saturday last, was responsible for a records poll of 1404, which included 79…

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The Elections Labor Candidate’s Views

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 1

At a largely attended open-air meeting on Saturday night, Mr. S. J. O’Sullivan, the selected Australian Labor Party candidate, opened his…

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Saturday's Elections

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 6

A State-wide swing against Labor is revealed in the voting at Saturday's municipal elections. In town after town where Labor previously…

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Shire Election Two Councillors Defeated

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 2

The polling for A and C Ridings on Saturday resulted in a larger poll than usual being cast, although quite a number of residents appeared to…

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Shire Election

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 3

In only one Riding of Yarrowlumla Shire was there a contest, and this resulted in the election of the two old councillors for A Riding, viz.;…

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Eden- Monaro Seat the Candidates

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 2

Mr. E. S. Olsen. returning officer for the electoral division of Eden-Monaro [?] the following nomina[?] in the House…

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Postponed Elections Nominations Stand Good SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 1

Mr. A. R. Bluett, secretary of the Local Government Association, says the Minister’s powers of postponement of the municipal elections in the…

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Federal Election United Australia Candidate

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 2

On Tuesday night last Mr. J. A. Perkins, the selected United Australia candidate, addressed the largest-attended and most orderly meeting…

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Problems for the New Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 2

In the new parliament will arise some important questions of polity. First we are hoping for a Government that, will not nationalise the finances…

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Electionisms

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 3

Theodore and Scullin had no objection to Taking Beasley into the Cabinet and they did not oppose Mr. Ward M.H.R., a Lang Labour member, in the…

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Personal Sketches United Australia Party Senate Candidates General Charles Frederick Cox

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 2

Senator General C. F. Cox, C.B., G.M.G., D.S.O., was the Senate National Candidate date in 1919, and he cantered in at the head of the poll with a magnificent…

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Election of President Yarrowlumla Shirf Council C. Kelly Again Chosen

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 1

For the seventeenth successive occasion, councillor T. J. Kelly was elected president of Yarrowlumla Shire council. The election took place at a special…

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