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Southern Highlands · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1949

5 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Federal Elections Closing of Rolls

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 2

The Electoral authorities [?] that the rolls to be used at the forthcoming Federal Elections which close on Monday, 31st October, [?]…

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By-election Candidates

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 2

Following a questionnaire forwarded to the five candidates standing for the by-election for "C" riding of…

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Labor Candidate Speaks at Bowral Chifley Government Has Brought Prosperity to All Australians

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 6

The endorsed Labor Party candidate for the Macarthur electorate at the forthcoming Federal elections, Mr. Bill McDonnell, addressed a meeting in the School of Arts, Bowral, on Monday night. The supporting speakers were the Minister for Transport (Hon. H. O'Sullivan), Mr. J. Ferguson…

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Election Forecast

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 December 1949 · page 10

There is no one in thin district more conversant with political trends than Mr. Bryce Beard, M.B.E., of Bowtal, and he forecasts a small…

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Federal Elections Bate Elected for Macarthur

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 2

A number of people who had been on the roll for several years found, when they went to vote on Saturday, that their names did not appear on…

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