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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1941

52 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3

Labour Candidate for Monaro

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 2

Mr. J. W. Seiffert, of Goulburn, has been chosen to contest the Monaro seat as the Official Labour Party candidate at the next State elections…

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Mr. J. W. Seiffert Selected Official Labour Candidate for Monaro

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 1

Mr. J. W. Seiffert was selected recently by the State Executive of the Official Labour Party as the [?]orsed candidate for Monaro in the…

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Labour Allows No Country Voice Industrialists Force Candidates on Rural Electorates

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 3
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Striking examples of how the city industrialists dominate the Labour Party in New South Wales have been given recently in the Young and…

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Monaro Election Labor Candidate Organining Messrs. J. Tully, M.L.A., and J. Seiffert Visit Braidwood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 3

The visit of Messrs. Tully and Selffert on Saturday attracted, the biggest crowd seen at a political meeting in Braidwood for a long time. A…

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Country Party and Elections Prospects Bright

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 6

"The State Country Party faces the forthcoming elections with confidence, as it will go to the people with a record of service to the rural areas that…

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Pre-Election Misrepresentation

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 6

"These facts should be sufficient to nip the Labour pre-election misrepresentation campaign in the bud," CoL, Bruxner said…

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State Parliament Work of Concluding Session

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 2

Eleven out of the 31 measures passed by the New South Wales Parliament during its final session which ended this week were directly, or…

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State Election Rolls Closing Very Soon

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 3

The Commonwealth electoral authorities are at present working at high pressure in the preparation of the rolls for the forthcoming State…

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Telegraphic News Date of State Election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 2

Although the Premier, Mr. Mair, again declined to reveal the date of the State elections, Country Party and U.A.P. members of the State…

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State Elections Rolls Close Very Soon

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 2

The Commonwealth Electoral authorities are at present working at high pressure in the preparation of the rolls for the forthcoming State election…

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U.A.P. Election Policy Full War Effort

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 3

The Premier, Mr. Mair, told the annual convention of the United Australia Party that the main plank of the Government’s platform for the…

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"The Writing Is on the Wall" Labour Candidate Says Country Party Has Been Wrongly Named

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 3

Addressing the electors of Monaro in Cooma, Mr. J. W. Seiffert said that the Country Party had been "wrongly named," because it was dominated by…

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Federal Parliament

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 7

It is understood that no definite date will be fixed for the reassembling of the Federal Parliament until after the meeting between…

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Bomb Damage to British Houses of Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 4

Damage done to the Cloister Court of the British Houses of Parliament by a bomb dining a recent German air raid on London…

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State Election Mr. W. W. Hedges, M.l.a., in Bbaidwood

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 6

Taking the platform on Saturday afternoon after Messrs. Chifley and Tully had spoken on behalf of Mr. Selflert, the Labour candidate, Mr…

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State Election Campaign Mr. Seiffert’s Allegations

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 3

Speaking at Cooma, Mr. J. W. Seiffert, the Official Labor candidate for Monaro, said that so bankrupt was the policy of the U.A.P. and the U.C.P…

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State Election Mr. Seiffert at Braidwood Mr. Hedges' Sole Speech

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 3

Accompanied by Mr. Calwell, member for Melbourne in the Federal Parliament, the Labour candidate, Mr. J. W. Seiffert, addressed a well-attended…

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Telegraphic News Election Predictions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 2

The Premier, Mr. Mair, does not agree with Mr. McKell that the Labour Party will secure a majority at Saturday's poll. On the contrary, he…

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Local Polling

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 7

On Saturday there were few indications that an important State election was being held. Very little interest was manifested in the event,…

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