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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1945

22 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

Country Rail Services. Government Stifles Debate in Parliament. Sydney

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 1

The shocking inadequacy of country railway services was ventilated in the Legislative Assembly last week, when the leader of the Country…

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British Election Probable Date July LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 1

Following exchange of letters between Mr. Churchill and the Labour party with the former urging continuance of a Coalition Government…

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British Election London, Thursday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 1

The Churchill Coalition Government having resigned, a general election will be held in Britain. Because of their remoteness, British…

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British Election Churchill Broadcasts LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 1

Telling of the hopes he had held that the coalition could have held together until the war against Japan was finished, Mr. Churchill, in the…

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British Election Sir John Anderson’s Conviction LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 1

The conviction that a broad based government, commanding the widest measure of support throughout the country, was still needed was…

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Country Party Candidate for Eden-monaro

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 3

At Queanbeyan on Wednesday meeting of the Country .Party Electorate Council for the Eden-Monaro seat considered the endorsement of…

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C.P, Candidate for Eden-Monaro

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 2

Wednesday the Country Party Conference held in Queanbeyan had before it the names of three candidates for the Eden-Monaro Seat. These…

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Many Candidates At British Elections LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 June 1945 · page 1

For the British general elections 1657 candidates have nominated, which is 97 fewer than the record figures in 1929…

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British Election Return of Churchill Government Anticipated LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 1

Polling yesterday in the first British general election for ten years was heavy. It is estimated that seventy to eighty per cent. of the electors…

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Telegraphic News Fremantle By-election

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 3

PERTH.—The Liberal Party last night endorsed Donald Cleland, a Perth solicitor, who recently returned to civil life after five and a half years…

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Election of Officers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 2

The election of officers for 1945-46 resulted as follows:— President: Mrs. A. H. Hart. Vice-Presidents: Mrs. H. Clothier,…

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The Liberal Party Significance of By-election Voting

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 August 1945 · page 2

The first important Federal by-election that bas been fought since the Liberal Party was farmed bas resulted in a win for Labour, but it his by no…

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Election in Japan New Political Epoch TOKIO, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 1

After meetings to-day and tomorrow the Japanese Diet will dissolve. The Government has begun…

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French Elections State of Parties PARIS, Monday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 1

Final results of the French Departmental Elections show big gains by the Socialists who have won 767 seats compared with 492 before the…

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Parliament Closed Fob Six Months. Protest by Cp. Leader

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 2

When the state Parliament sat again this week after being in recess continuously for six months, the Lea-der of the Country Party…

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French General Election

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1945 · page 4

PARIS, Monday.—It was clear [?] last night that the French general elections are a landslide for General De Gaulle, and the Radicals…

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French Elections Paris, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 October 1945 · page 2

The latest state of the parties in the French General Elections is: Communists 151, Catholic Left 142, Socialists 139, Right Wingers 40,…

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Mysterious Fires Questions Asked in Parliament

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly last week Mr. J. W. Seiffert, member for Monaro, referred to the activities of Braidwood's fire-bug…

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Telegraphic News Labour Gains in Victorian Elections

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—The Labour Party was won probably seven more seats in Saturday's election for the Legislative Assembly, but with only 32…

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School Teachers and Communism. Complaint in Parliament. Sydney

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 November 1945 · page 4

Generally our school teachers were a splendid body of citizens, declared Mr. W. Frith (C.P., Lismore) in the Legislative Assembly, but there were…

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