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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1934

99 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 5

Country Party Senate Candidate

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 August 1934 · page 1

Macartney Abbott, second son of the late Sir J. P. Abbott, K.C.M.G., born at Murrurundi, 3rd July, 1877. Educated at the State School,…

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Eden-monaro Seat Three Candidates Nominated

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1934 · page 4

Three candidates, representing respectively State Labor, Federal Labor, and the United Australia Party interests, have been nominated and…

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MR. A. K. DEIN, M.P. U.A.P. Candidate for Senate Address at Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 1

The unemployment problem is one of the most vital questions at issue in the forthcoming elections, said Mr A. K. Dein, M.P., U.A.P. candidate for the…

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Victorian By-election Decline in Labor Vote

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1934 · page 2

Because the outcome will depend on the allotment of preference votes,, the result of the by-election to fill the i vacant Nunawading seat in the…

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Federal Election Hon. J. A. Perkins in Braidwood

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1934 · page 1

The. first shot in the campaign was fired in Braid wood on Wednesday night, when the Hon. J. A. Perkins, Minister for the Interior, addressed…

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Vote for All Candidates

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1934 · page 7

It is desired to bring under notice that under the law as recently amended, the elector should mark his ballot-napcr by placing the number 1 in…

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The Elections Official Advice to Voters

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1934 · page 1

On polling day, Saturday 15th September, the polling booths will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting is compulsory. Failure to vote…

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Mr .L .D. O’sullivan Federal Labour Candidate Address at Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1934 · page 2

Mr. L. D, O’Sullivan, B.A., selected Federal Labour candidate for Eden-Monaro, addressed a large meeting of electors at Richardson’s corner on…

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The Shire Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 2

Judging from present appearances it would seem that the forthcoming Tallaganda Shire Council election is going to provide move interest than…

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Eden-Monaro Electorate Federal Labor Candidate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 3

[?] L. D. O’Sullivan, B.A., who is the selected and endorsed Federal Labor candidate for the Eden-Monaro seat at the forthcoming election, was…

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The Elections How to Vote

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 September 1934 · page 4

Each elector will be handed two ballot papers—cine for the election of Senators for his State, and one for the election of a Member of the House of…

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Points for Electors Polling Day, To-morrow

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 3

Federal Election Day is to-morrow, and voting is compulsory. The elector is now face to face with his solemn duty as a citizen…

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The Cost of an Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 3

The Federal elections on Saturday will be conducted at an estimated cost of £100,000, as against £95,000 for the 1931 poll. The increased cost…

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Federal Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 2

Mr . C. L. Johnston. the state Labour candidate for Eden-Monaro, made his second campaign visit to Queanbeyan on Wednesday and addressed a large…

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Local Polling Eden-monaro Seat Big Increase in Labor Vote

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 3

polling was conducted, in Braidwood on Saturday under extremely adverse conditions. From early morning a boisterious north-westerly…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m. the Elections

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 7

When counting ceased last night the state of parties was:—U.A.P. 31: U.C.P., 11; Federal Labor, 15; State LAbor, 7. Doubtful seats may be…

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The Elections Later

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 7

The election figures are practical-ly unaltered from those which were made available when counting ceas-ed last night. The latest figures show…

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Federal Elections State of the Parties

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 2

The position of the political parties on the latest count shows there are 31 seats for the United Australia Party. Later figures cannot lessen the number…

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The Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 3

Counting of additional postal and absent votes continues slowly. There are now only two doubtful seats in N.S.W.—Barton and Macquarie—and…

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The Election Eden-monaro Count Complete 96 Per Cent. Poll

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 3

The count iu the Eden-Monaro division is now complete. The final count discloses an absolute majority for Mr. J. A. Perkins, the sitting…

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