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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1937

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Federal Elections Final Opportunity to Enrol

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 5

The writs for the forthcoming Federal elections will be issued on 24th September next, and consequently the rolls to be used at the…

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Federal Elections Rolls Close Sept. 24 Final Opportunity to Enrol

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 2

The writs for the forthcoming Federal Elections will be issued on 24th September next, and consequently the rolls to be used at 'the elections will…

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Some Election Figures

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 2

CANBERRA.—Electoral officers stated to-day that more than 4,000,000 people would be asked to vote on october 23 at 10,000 polling booths…

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Federal Elections Forceful Address by Mr. J. A. Perkins

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 October 1937 · page 2

The first shot in Braidwood in the fight for Eden-Monaro was fired by Mr. J. A. Perkins, M.P., at an open-air meeting on Tuesday night. A…

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Hardy in Haste High-speed Electioneering

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 8

Senator Charles Hardy, Country Party member of the New South Wales Government Senate team, is undertaking one of the most…

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Federal Elections Mr. Perkins’s Campaign

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 2

Addressing an open-air meeting in Queanbeyan on Saturday evening, Mr. J. A. Perkins, M.P., said there were few democracies left in the world…

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Federal Elections Postal Voting

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 4

Electors entitled to vote by post at the forthcoming elections are these who:— (a) Will net on Polling Day be within…

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Parliament Adjourns

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 2

The Legislative Assembly this morning, after a sitting which occupied only five minutes, adjourned till November 3. The Industrial Arbitration…

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Local Government Elections

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 1

[?]een debate took place at the L[?] Government Conference in Sydney on a motion that compulsory [?]ent and voting be introduced…

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The Labour Candidate

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 5

Mr. Claude Allen, the selected Labour candidate for Eden-Monaro, was in Braidwood on Thursday. Since his illness he has been conducting a…

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Government Senate Team Three Strong U.A.P. Candidates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 4

Three strong candidates will represent the United Aust[?]alia Party in the combined U.A.P.—U.C P. Senate team at the Fede [?] Election. The choice of…

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Federal Election Senate Candidate in Braidwood

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 8

Mr. Basil A. Helmore, one of the four U.A.P. Senate candidates, delivered a very forceful and interesting address in Braidwood on Saturday…

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The Elections Official Advice to Voters

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 1

The following advice to voters in connection with the Federal Elections has been issued by the Electoral authorities. On polling day, Saturday next, 23rd…

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Federal Election Labour Candidate Speaks in Braidwood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 3

Mr. Claude R. Allen, selected Labour candidate for Eden-Monaro, addressed a meeting on Tuesday night . in front of the Institute. He had on…

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The Labour Candidate

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 2

The Labour candidate, Mr. Allen, strongly resented a statement made recently by a U.A.P. organiser that he was quite unknown in this…

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Saturday's Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 2

Polling day on Saturday. The booths will be open continuously from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and electors are reminded that voting is…

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Coursing Club Election of Racing Officials

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 3

The Committee of the Queanbeyan and District Coursing Club, at its meeting on Monday night, erected, the following racing officials:—…

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Federal Election Local Polling Eden-monaro Seat Mr. Perkins Increases Majority

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 5

In Braidwood on Saturday polling was carried out in a very orderly manner. Gone are the days when excited crowds gathered in front of…

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Shire Election Important Points for Candidates

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 7

Within the next few weeks the Shire elections will be in full swing in the Tallaganda Shire and right throughout the State, and at this…

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The Elections

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 2

Very few additional election returns were received by the Commonwealth electoral authorities to-day, and there is no change in the…

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