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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1940

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Labor and the Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 2

Mrs. Street last night, gave some impressions of Labor’s views of the present crisis in a talk with a representative of “The Age.”…

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Ryde By-election Won by Official Labor

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 3

The Official Labor candidate, Mr. A. J. Williams, won the Ryde, by-election with a majority of 230 votes over the U.A.P. candidate, Mr. H. J…

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Telegraphic News the Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1940 · page 2

The latest election returns indicate that the Menzies Government will be returned with a majority in the House of Representatives, but…

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Eden-monaro Election Latest Figures

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 September 1940 · page 2

Additional figures made available in the Federal election count for Eden-Monaro showed that the combined U.A.P. vote in the electorate since the…

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Telegraphic News the Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 September 1940 · page 2

The counting of absent votes by electoral officers yesterday resulted in no material alteration in the doubtful seats throughout Australia. The…

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Eden-monaro Election Primary Count Completed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 2

With the addition of 161 votes from the A.I.P. abroad and five absent votes, two of which were informal, the count of primaries in the…

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Election Expenses Challenge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 2

Mr, W, Coz, one of the unsuccessful candidates for Robertson at the Federal elections, has challenged the right of Mr. E. S. Sponer to hold the seat,…

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Election Results Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1940 · page 1

The distribution of preference votes for Flinders gave the seat to Mr. R. S. Ryan (U.A.P ), with 38,891 votes, as against 23,193 polled by his opponent,…

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Eden-monaro Election Mr. Perkins Re-elected

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1940 · page 3

As forecast, Mr, J. A. Perkins (U.A.P.) will again represent the Eden-Monaro electorate in the House of Representatives, the allocation of…

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L.g. Elections

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 November 1940 · page 2

The bill to postpone the Local Government elections was read a third time by 31 votes to 18…

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