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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1973

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

Grain Elevators Board election

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 January 1973 · page 3

The next election of four representatives of producers to the Grain Elevators Board of N.S.W. would be conducted later this year,…

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Grazier as Country Party candidate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1973 · page 15

District grazier F. M. (Toby) MacDiarmid has been selected as a Country Party candidate to contest…

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Shire Council Election to fill vacancy

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 March 1973 · page 5

Nominations for the vacancy in “C” Riding of Yarrowlumla Shire Council caused by the recent…

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Four Candidates in Shire Poll

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 April 1973 · page 16

Four candidates have nominated for an extraordinary election in "D" Riding of Yarrowlumla Shire, to be held on Way 5. The election is to fill one…

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Shire election Candidate's Qualification Challenged

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 May 1973 · page 3

Suggestions were made at the last meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Council that an investigation should be made into the validity of a candidate at the forthcoming by-election in "D" Riding…

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Shire Election

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 May 1973 · page 15

Electors of “D” Riding in Yarrowlumla Shire Council will go to the pools next Saturday to…

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Candidate Asked to Help

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 6 June 1973 · page 1

Senate election candidate Mr. F. M. Toby MacDiarmid and others seeking election will be…

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Mauger outlines Voting at Sheep Meats Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 27 June 1973 · page 14

The Member for Monaro, Mr. Steve G. Mauger, said today that the polling date for the…

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“We Ready to Face Election”

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 July 1973 · page 8

The Leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr. Billy Snedden, said in a letter to the Queanbeyan an Branch of the Liberal Party last night that he and the parliamentary party ready to face a general election - “Whenever it conies.”…

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Graziers Chosen for Sheepmeats Poll Elections

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 25 July 1973 · page 13

The N.S.W. Graziers’ Association has nominated the endoresed three…

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State election prior to Xmas?

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 August 1973 · page 15

The Parramatta by-election is treated as a State election, according to the Member for Monaro, Mr. Steve Mauger…

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EDITORIAL Parliament

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 8 August 1973 · page 2

Today saw the opening of the Fourth Session of the 43rd Parliament of NSW and as the Governor, Sir Roden Cutler, said, 1972-73 was a year of considerable…

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Parliament open today Better times ahead seen by NSW Governor

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 8 August 1973 · page 3

The State Governor, Sir Roden Cutler, predicted better times ahead in his speech…

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Call goes out for festival Queen city candidates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 August 1973 · page 5

Nominations for Queanbeyan City Festival Queen candidates will be accepted by the festival committee from the end of August. A public meeting…

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Elections [?]

Queanbeyan Age · Sunday 26 August 1973 · page 12

The William Government delivered the biggest bloy[?] to primary [?] that any on e [?] of the community [?] suffered. Budget [?] in rural [?] cause [?] the…

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Election Country Party will contest South Coast

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 August 1973 · page 11

The Country Party has definitely entered the contest for the seat of South Coast. The Labor Party has still to make its intentions…

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Whan Under Fire in Parliament Over Priorities

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 3 September 1973 · page 3

The Member for Eden-Monaro, Mr. Bob Whan, has been accused in State Parliament by the Member for Goulburn, Mr. Brewer, of mixed priorities, lack of communications and confining his thinking to the boundaries of Canberra…

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Election Labor, Country and Aust. compete Party for seat

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 September 1973 · page 21

The South Coast Conference of the Australian Labor Party, which will meet in Bateman’s Bay on Sunday, is expected to nominate a candidate to contest the seat of South Coast in the coming NSW…

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By-election guide to prices control Behind the Headlines

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 17 September 1973 · page 13

The Parramatta (NSW) by-election next Saturday should provide a valuable…

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Meet Michael Donelan — A.P. candidate Australia Party Senate candidate

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 19 September 1973 · page 8

Aged 44. A farmer and grazier, living at “West Bullen bong”, The Rock…

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