Victorian By-election Labor Candidate Leading Melbourne
Figures in the Hawthorne by-election at the close of counting last night were: A. W. Nichols (Lab.) 5903. J. Chernside (Ind. U.A.P.) 2557, L…
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Politics & elections, 1939
533 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 27
Premier of Tasmania Sudden Death on Saturday Heart Attack on Golf Links Twenty Years in Parliament MELBOURNE
The Premier of Tasmania (Mr. Albert George Ogilvie) died in hospital last night after a heart attack while on the Warburton golf links in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mitchell Shire Remarkable By-election Won by Draw From Box
Caused by the resignation of Councillor N. B. Hughes, a by-election was held in the Mitchell Shire Council on Saturday and resulted in a tie, each…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Remarkable By-election
Caused by the resignation of Councillor N. B. Hughes, a by-election was held in the Mitchell Shire Council on Saturday and resulted in a tic, each…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News Grong Grong I Shire Elections
The nomination or Mr. H. H. Cuthbort an a candidate for the vacancy on the Yanko Shire Council caused by the death or Mr. P. A. Harris is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mitchell Shire Remarkable By-election Won by Draw From Box by Mr. R. McCORMICK
Caused by the resignation of Councillor N. B. Hughes, a by-election was held in the Mitchell Shire Council on Saturday and resulted in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No By-election in Tasmania Hobart
The death of the Premier will not result in a by-election was the method of election in operation in Tasmania is the Hare-Clark system.—This…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Premier's Death No By-election in Tasmania Mr. Dwyer Gray Expected to Hold Office HOBART
The death of the Premier (Mr. Ogilvie) will not result in a by-election, as the method of election in operation in Tasmania is the Hare-Clark system…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Aborigines' Sad Plight" Appeal to Members of State Parliament Sydney
The chairman of the committee for Aboriginal Citizenship, Mr. M. Sawtell, has sent circulars to members of the State Parliament appealing to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Question in Parliament Canberra
Information regarding the work on the R.A.A.F. Training School at Wagga was sought by Mr. Nock (C.P., NSW.) in the House of Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Loon Scene In Federal Parliament Prime Minister's Remarkresented
“This is a cheap and shocking political jibe” declared the former Labor Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) in the House of representatives on last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unjustified Hostility Statement in Federal Parliament Canberra
The Minister for External Affairs (Sir Henry Gullett) said in the House of Representatives to-day that there were no specific Australian interests…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yanko Shire By-Election How to Vote and How Not to Vote
As sated in our last issue, two neminations were received by the Returning Office: (Mr. S. H. Wright) for the extraordinary election in C riding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lobby Activities Talk of Elections in October Canberra
Following recent developments between the U.A.P. and the U.C.P., with outbursts in recent weeks of open hostility, the lobbies are buzzing with the…
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senator Ashley. of Lithgow, Mr. W. C. Barnett. of Glebe, and Mr. C. A. Dalton were elected last night as the Lang Labor candidates to contest the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Spooner's Record Seven Years in Parliament and All the Time a Minister Sydney
The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Spooner) has achieved a unique Ministerial record. Elected to Parliament seven years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Federal Parliament Labor Member Suspended Militia Pay and Taxation Defence Bill Passed Through All Stages CANBERRA
On the motion of tHe Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies), Mr. Holloway (Lab., Vic.), was suspended for tHe remainder of to-day's sitting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.J.C. Committee Proposal to Vary Election Method Ballot to Be Taken Sydney
One of the most largely attended meetings to the history of the A.J.C. decided to-day to postpone until August the question of any alteration…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Senate Election
Senator Ashely, at Lithgow, Mr. W. C. Barnett, of Glebe, and Mr. C. A. Dalton were elected on Thursday night as the Lang Labor candidates…
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