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Southern Highlands · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1946

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Council Election

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 4

There will be an election on Saturday, 17th August, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Cr. T. L. Badgery…

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Australian Country Party Candidates for Eden-Monaro Electorate A. N. BACKHOUSE

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 August 1946 · page 2

Alan N. Backhouse was born 3rd December, 1899, at Katoomba, N.S.W., and educated State Public School,…

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C.P. Election Aims "Tax Reductions, Higher Standards of Living."

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 August 1946 · page 2

"Now that the date of the federal elections has been announced and the campaign is about to begin in earnest, I…

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Voting at Election Special Rights

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 August 1946 · page 2

Discharged Servicemen and women under 21 who have seen service outside Australia will be entitled to a vote at the Federal…

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Bowral Municipal Council Extraordinary Election of Two Aldermen

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 6

NOMINATIONS of Candidates to fill two vacancies i the Council will he received by me up to [?] p.m. on Wednesday, 21st August, 1946, at the…

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The Coming Election

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 3

THE SEVENTEENTH Australian Parliament ended on Friday of last week and who election of the eighteenth…

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Nattai Shire Election One Councillor for a Riding

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 2

A poll will be taken in A Riding of Nattai Shire to-morrow (Saturday) to elect a councillor in place of rv T. L. Badgery, who resigned a…

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Sweet Cream Why No Subsidy? Discussion in Parliament

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 2

Acting at the request of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council made through Mr. F. Sedgwick, Mr. Alfan Fraser our Federal Member, sought…

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New Candidate for the Federal Elections

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

Mr. V. K. O. Brown, endorsed candidate of the Ex-Servicemen's Party for the Eden-Monaro electorate, called on…

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Voting at Council Elections Ex-servicemen Must Be on Rolls

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 4

The privilege extended to ex-servicemen allowing them to vote at council elections if their names were on the State electoral roll and not on…

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Country Party Policy State Leader and Two Candidates at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 6

"To suggest that the call to the city is the result of the more rapid progress in industrialisation is to lost sight of the fact that those engaged…

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Council [?] on Saturday. Five Candidates for Two Va[?]

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 2

A poll will be [?] to-morrow (Saturday) to fill the [?] on Bowral Council [?] by the [?] of Alderman [?] and…

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Postal Votes for Elections Forms at Post Office

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 3

Electors entitled to vote by post at the forthcoming elections and referendums are those who on polling day will be outside the State for which…

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Federal Election

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 2

[?] with Federal law [?] to [?] Federal Election, and not otherwise sco[?]ledged is a[?]med…

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Questions for Candidates

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 3

Here is a copy of lief of questions which has been forwarded to the candidates for the House of Representatives and the Senate, by the…

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Federal Elections Polling Day To-morrow

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 5

The Federal elections will be held tomorrow (Saturday), and electors failing to vote will leave themselves open to a fine…

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The Federal Elections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 October 1946 · page 2

On Saturday, 28th Sept., 1946, the Federal Elections took place. As was supposed the Labour Party won with a…

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Amitie Club Election of Officers

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 6

The annual meeting of Bowral Amitie Club, held on Wednesday night, was very well attended. It was the first annual meeting since the…

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State Elections Liberal Parti Candidates Nominations Invited Fo Selections

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 October 1946 · page 2

; The Liberal Party has invited nominations for the Selection of candidates to contest State electorates in the forthcoming State general elections…

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Country Party Election Results Reviewed Two Estate Seats—Big Increase in Primary Votes

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 November 1946 · page 4

It would be idle to pretend that the results of the Federal elections give us every cause for satisfaction, yet we made…

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