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Riverina · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1950

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Labor Abandons Move to Force Election; Passes Endowment Bill

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: A last-minute capitulation by the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party to-night averted a serious political crisis in which Labor threatened to withhold supply from the…

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State Elections No clarification Of Position

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 2

Latest election figures counted did not alter the position of parlies, and it will not lie known until next week whether Labor will be…

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Double Dissolution After Parliament Resumes? Labor May Force Federal Election

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.: Federal Parliament adjourned in the early hours of this morning, to resume in three months with the threat of a double dissolution…

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Menzies' Hint of Another Election

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Friday: "If the Labor Party maintains its present attitude on the Communist Party Dissolution Bill, we will,…

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Election Over Labor Majority of 2 Comprises "Rebels"

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — The State election, which has been in a stage of fluctuation for a fortnight, reached finality last…

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Election Finalised Labor Majority 2, Including Two "Rebels"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The State election, which has been in a stage of fluctuation for a fortnight, reached finality tonight with the parties meeting in the Legislative Assembly with a voting strength as follows:…

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State Elections Finalised Labor Has Majority Of Two

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 30 June 1950 · page 2

The State election, which has been in a stage of fluctuation for a fortnight, reached finality on Tuesday night with the parties…

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Municipal Triennial Election in December!

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 July 1950 · page 2

Early next December our triennial municipal and shire elections come again. The Cootamundra aldermen will be…

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Emergency Meeting of Parliament

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 1
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—An emergency meeting of both Houses of the Federal Parliament is to be held next…

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State Elections Declaration of Poll Mr. Enticknap's Majority 1278

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 1

At mid-day on Friday the Returning Officer (Mr. W. Sullivan) declared the poll in connection with the Murrumbidgee electorate…

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The Late State Election Lessons for Both Sides

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 2

The N.S.W. Labor Party—not the new State Ministry—is to meet in a few days and decide what is to be done about the…

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State Elections Declaration of Poll

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 3

The declaration of the poll in the Murrumbidgee electorate by the returning officer, Mr. W. Sullivan, at Narrandera on…

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New Election in France?

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1950 · page 4

PARIS. Wed. fA.A.P.): Predictions of Parliament being dissolved and the holding of new elections have followed the fall…

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State Parliament Meets Today

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The first meeting of the 36th State Parliament will take place tomorrow, when the principal business will…

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Provision to Restrict Life of Parliament

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: The State Government proposes to amend the Constitution Act to provide that the life of Parliament shall…

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Life Of Parliament Bill In N.S.W.

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

The State Government proposed to amend the Constitution Act to provide that the life of Parliament shall not exceed a period of three years without a referendum of the…

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Britain Will Back U.S. in Korea Attlee's Important Speech to Packed Parliament

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

(A.A.P.) LONDON: The Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, told Parliament yesterday that Britain would consider how to match the "high…

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Wheat Body Election to Fill Vacancy

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday—An election to fill the vacancy on the State Wheat Committee caused by the resignation of…

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Election to Fill Vacancy on Wheat Body

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: An election to fill the vacancy on the State Wheat Committee caused by the resignation of…

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