Councils seek candidates for elections
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1968 · page 1
Queanbeyan Municipal Council and Yarrowlumla Shire Council, in common with other local government bodies throughout the State, are making preparations for the triennial elections on…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 October 1968 · page 5
The Electoral Commissioner for New South Wales, Mr. J. M. McDonell, advised today the…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 October 1968 · page 1
Contrary to all predictions, there will be no Federal election this year. This was announced this afternoon by the Prime Minister’s press secretary, Mr. Tony Eggleton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Compulsory voting issue Cr. Kerr may not be election candidate
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1968 · page 1
Cr. T. P. Kerr may not stand for election to Yarrowlumla Shire Council at the coming Local Government elections. At Wednesday’s meeting, Cr. Kerr said he had many…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 October 1968 · page 1
Seven candidates had nominated by 1pm today for the Queanbeyan Municipal Council elections to be held on December 7…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 November 1968 · page 1
Fifteen candidates have nominated for the election of nine aldermen to Queanbeyan Municipal Council for the ensuing three years. Only six members of the existing council have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four candidates vie for the title of 1968 Floral Festival Queen Festival of Glamour
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 November 1968 · page 5
The sponsors for the 1968 Floral Festival queens are the same as last year — Apex, Lions, Rotary and the RSL. They’ve selected some extremely attractive young ladies who have all happily accepted the hard work and excitement that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miss Lynette Moncrieff Crowned Queen of the Festival Rain failed to dampen enthusiasm Candidates raised $4,838
Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 November 1968 · page 1
Lions Club candidate, 19-year-old Miss Lyitette Moncrieff, was crowned queen of the 1968 Queanbeyan Floral Festival at a ceremony held in the main pavilion at the showground on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Election in Yarrowlumla Councillor Kerr retires from Shire Council
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 November 1968 · page 1
Councillor Tom Kerr, the champion of Captain’s Flat on Yarrowlumla Shire for most of the last six years following the closure of the Lake George Mine, has not nominated for re-election…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 November 1968 · page 4
Fifteen candidates have nominated for election to Queanbeyan Municipal Council at the poll to he held on December 7. In the next four issues (including today) the “Age” proposes to publish pen pictures of the candidates for the benefit of…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 November 1968 · page 5
“The Age” to-day continues its series of pen pictures on candidates for the Municipal Council election on December 7. In this issue we present another four candidates. Peter H. Quodling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dr. P. Calvert for Eurobodalla Shire Elections
Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 November 1968 · page 4
Dr. Pat Calvert, of Red Hill Canberra, is a candidate for election to the Eurobodalla Shire Dr…
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Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 December 1968 · page 5
In the last four, issues the “Age” has been privileged to publish for the benefit of the electors of the Municipality of Queanbeyan brief pen-pictures of the 15 candidates for whom they are required to vote in tomorrow’s triennial Local…
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Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 December 1968 · page 1
After the fiasco of Saturday’s Local Government elections it is obvious that the Minister for Local Government, Mr. P. H. Morton and his departmental bureaucrats,…
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