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Politics & elections, 1950

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Batlow News Council Elections

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 4

The Batlow Progress Association is sponsoring four candidates in the forthcoming Shire Council elections and wishes these facts concerning…

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Wagga City Elections Today More Council Candidates Give Final Messages

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1950 · page 2

Further final messages from candidates in today's election for the Wagga City Council are published below. Electors are requested to vote as early as practicable during the day, to eliminate congestion at booths. They are advised to go to the voting centres…

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Election Day

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1950 · page 2

Today those people who are enrolled on, the municipal and shire councils rolls will register their votes for the candidates of their choice. With the introduction of compulsory voting, local government elections…

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Teachers Seek Election

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1950 · page 4

WEST WYALONG, Friday: It was announced today that three Ariah Park schoolteachers would oppose sitting members for…

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Municipal Election All Retiring Returned Ald. Stratton Tors Poll

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 2

All the six retiring aldermen were re-elected at the Municipal elections on Saturday. Complete newcomers to local…

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Labor Has Easy Win in Sydney Council Election

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: Labor candidates had easy wins in yesterday's City Council elections, and Labor will have a…

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Narrandera Municipal Election Result

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 1

NARRANDERA, Sunday: The Narrandera municipal, elections were conducted an Saturday without incident. A total of…

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Four Newcomers to Wagga City Council One Alderman Defeated in Saturday's Election

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 1

Alderman L. Barrand topped the poll on Saturday in the Wagga City Council elections. Votes were recorded by 75 per cent…

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Upsets at Gundagai Shire Elections Five New Councillors Elected Shire President Beaten In “D” Riding

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 1

ONLY THREE OF THE COUNCILLORS WHO CONTROLLED THE DESTINIES OF THE GUNDAGAI SHIRE DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS WILL TAKE THEIR SEAT AT THE COUNCIL TABLE WHEN…

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Municipal Elections Three Sitting Aldermen Defeated

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 2

No less than 1941 electors went to the polls on Saturday last in order to elect the Council for the 1950-53 term. The polling booth was located…

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The Shire Elections Confidence in Retiring Councillors

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 1

The details of the polling in the elections held in the Lockhart and Urana Shires, on Saturday, are advertised today. Scanning the results, indicates clearly that the electors displayed every confidence in the retiring councillors…

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Upsets at Gundagai Shire Election Shire President Defeated in "D" Riding

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 4

Only three of the councillors who controlled the destinies of the Gundagai Shire during the past three years will take their…

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Shire Elections All Councillors Re-elected Close voting in both Ridings

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 2

The six Shire councillors of "A" and "C" Ridings were returned to office at the triennial elections last Saturday…

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Shire Elections Miss Lilian Wilson tops the [?] D Riding

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1950 · page 4

There will be three new faces among the eight members of Carathool Shire as a result of the elections held on Saturday. The…

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Minister Appeals for Council Candidates Yass May Be Declared a Defaulting Area

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 11 December 1950 · page 1

The Council empa[?]ce at Yaas has reached the stage where the Minister for Local Government, has appealed for nominations to…

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Full Hearing on Election of Union Men

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 December 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues: Mr. Justice Dunphy said in the Arbitration Court today that he was satisfied that some ballot papers…

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The Shire Election

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 2

I OFFER MY THANKS to those Electors who chose to vote in my favour at the Election for "D" Riding of the Carrathool Shire Council held on Saturday…

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Very Few Electors Failed to Vote at Shire Elections

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 1

A very small percentage of Gundagai Shire electors failed to vote at the recent Shire elections, and in view of this…

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Correspondence The Council Elections (To the Editor)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 1

Sir,—I wish to thank the Narrandera folk who voted for me at the late elections. I also wish to congratulate those who were elected as…

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..Forty-three Candidates Go to Housing Commission Ballot for Seven New Homes in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 2

Within a half-hour seven homes were allocated in a Housing Commission ballot in the Council Chambers last night, when forty-three applicants were admitted to the various ballots which were decided in the presence of about forty members of…

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