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Politics & elections, 1843

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The City Election

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 20 June 1843 · page 2

A public meeting of the city electors was held at noon, yesterday, in front of the Bourke Ward hustlogs, Macquarie-place. for the purpose of hearing the official declaration by the Right Worshipful the…

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Cumberland Boroughs Election

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 20 June 1843 · page 3

This being the day appointed for the nomination of a candidate to represent the united borought of Windsor, Richmond, &c., in the ensuing legislative council, the town, at an early period of the day,…

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The General Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 June 1843 · page 4

WAITS have been issued for a general [?]ion of Members to serve in the Legislative Council, addressed to the respective Returning Officers of the Electoral Districts…

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News From the Interior. Nomination of the Candidates for the Northumberland Boroughs. (From the Mailland Mcrcury, of the 20th inst.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 June 1843 · page 2

SATURDAY last being the day appointed for the nomination of candidates for the representation ot these boroughs in the Legislative Council of the colony, the friends of both the…

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Newcastle-- the Election

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 21 June 1843 · page 5

JUNE 20TH, 10 O'CLOCK.--The poll has been open since nine. The most of the voters on the electoral list have voted, and the state of the poll is now 50 for Mr. Scott,…

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The Elections

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 21 June 1843 · page 1

On Monday last the final state of the poll for the City of Sydney was officially announced by his Worship the Mayor at the polling place for Bourke Ward. The…

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City Election

The Teetotaller and General Newspaper · Wednesday 21 June 1843 · page 1

THE nomination of the various Candidates for the representation of the City, viz., Mr. Hustler, moved by Alderman Mitchell and seconded by Captain Hollingsworth, R. N.; Mr. Wentworth,…

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Electioneering Proceedings in the Country

The Teetotaller and General Newspaper · Wednesday 21 June 1843 · page 1

ON Wednesday last, H. H. Macarthur, Esq. having been nominated for the Borough of Parramatta, was declared duly elected, there being no opposing candidate…

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Cook and Westmoreland Election

The Australian · Wednesday 21 June 1843 · page 3

The Polling Day, for the above Counties, took place on Friday last, the 16th June, the principal polling place for which was held at Miller's Inn, Wil borforce…

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Country News. Cumberland Boroughs Election

The Australian · Wednesday 21 June 1843 · page 2

The Nomination of the Candidates for the united Boroughs of Windsor, Richmond, Liverpool, and Campbelltown, took place on Saturday last, at the Court House. Win[?]…

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Election for the City of Sydney. Declaration of the Poll

The Australian · Wednesday 21 June 1843 · page 2

On Monday morning, pursuant to previous advertisement, the Right Worshipful the Mayor convened a Meeting of the Electors of Sydney, in Macquarie-place, to…

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Cumberland Boroughs Election

The Australian · Wednesday 21 June 1843 · page 2

WE are to-day enables to furnish our subscribers with a careful report of the proceeding at Windsor, on Saturday last, on the occasion of the nomination of the…

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Camden Election. To the Electors of the County of Camden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 June 1843 · page 2

BROTHER ELECTORS,—The day is now fixed when you are to choose your representative in our new Council, and I trust you will come to the poll with a determination to set aside…

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Original Correspondence. Durham Election. To the Electors of the County of Durham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 June 1843 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—The period is fast approaching when you will he called upon to exercise the important privilege intrusted to your care. I take the liberty of addressing you upon this…

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Windsor Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 June 1843 · page 2

AMIDST the prevailing anxiety and excitement of electioneering topics, we believe the contest for the representation of the Cumberland Boroughs has excited more public…

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Nomination of Candidates for the Counties of Gloucester, Stanley, and Macquarie

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 22 June 1843 · page 4

The nomination of the candidates for the countries of Gloucester, Stanley, and Macquarie, took place at the court-house, Raymond Terrace, on Monday, June 19th. The attendance of the electors was…

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Northumberland County Election

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 22 June 1843 · page 4

On Thursday last the nomination of a canditate to serve in the new legislative council for the county of Northumberland took place at East Maitland. A substantial and commodious hustings, was erected…

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Northumbelland Boroughs Election

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 22 June 1843 · page 4

It having been generally announced that the two candidates for the Northumberland Boroughs would sake their public entry into Maitland on Tuesday last, the town was all alive at an early hour; a…

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Cumberland Boroughs Election

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 22 June 1843 · page 2

In pursuance of any promise in my letter of the 17th instant, I hasten to communicate to you, for insertion in your next number of the Chronicle, the proceedings of this day's election…

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The Election Riots. (Police Court, yesterday.—Before J. Sterling, Esq.)

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 22 June 1843 · page 2

Thomas Carrol was placed at the bar, charged by the affidavit of Jonathan Watson, a constable in the E division of the Sydney police, with having been concerned in the rioting of Thursday last, and with…

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