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Politics & elections, 1843

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Camden Election.—berrima

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1843 · page 3

On Monday, the 23rd instant, a meeting of the friends of R. Therry, Esq., was held at the Queen Victoria Arms, Berrima, to make preliminary arrangements for promoting Mr. Therry's election…

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Original Correspondence. Polling Places. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1843 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—A question as to the forthcoming elections, which has never yet been mooted, is of so important a nature, as to induce me to bring it to public attention…

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Electioneering Movements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1843 · page 2

BY the Port Phillip papers which came to hand on Saturday, we learn that in addition to Dr. Nicholson and Mr. Thomas Walker, Mr. Hawson, Mr. James Macarthur, jun.,…

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Country News. County of Camden Election

The Australian · Monday 30 January 1843 · page 3

On Tuesday last a meeting of the friends of Mr. Charles Cowper was held at Stonequarry, at Commins' Inn. A considerable number of Electors and others were in…

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Representative Candidates

The Australian · Monday 30 January 1843 · page 2

The following is a List of the Candidates for Representative honours who have already come into the field; namely, for 1. District of Port Phillip, (to return five…

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The Approaching Election

The Teetotaller and General Newspaper · Wednesday 1 February 1843 · page 1

In our last number we expressed it as our opinion that bribery by means of intoxicating drinks would be very common at the approaching elections, unless some very stringent measures were…

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Country News. the Election.—public Meeting

The Australian · Wednesday 1 February 1843 · page 4

On Tuesday last, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Maitland, and the county of Northumberland, was held at the Rose Inn. West Maitland for the…

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The Hunter's River Candidates

The Australian · Wednesday 1 February 1843 · page 2

THAT very important district of the Colony which comprehends the Lower Hunter; namely, the Counties of Durham and Northumberland, and the united boroughs of…

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Representative Candidates

The Australian · Wednesday 1 February 1843 · page 3

Tho following is a List of the Candidates for Representative honours who have already come into the field; namely, for 1. District of Port Phillip, (to return five…

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[?]Glish [?]Raors. the Compromises Committee, and Purity of Election. (From the Atlas, July 30.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1843 · page 4

IT has been reserved for the session of 1842 to tear the veil from the monstrous deformity that for years has been permitted to usurp the throne of purity and truth…

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County of Camden Election.—mr. John Wild

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 2 February 1843 · page 2

MR. EDITOR—Mr. John Wild, who was for many years clerk to the Stonequarry magistrates, and whom his Excellency the present Governor put in the commission of the peace a short time since, is, from all I…

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Representative Candidates

The Australian · Friday 3 February 1843 · page 2

Tho following is a List of the Candidates or Representative honours who have already come into the field; namely, for 1. District of Port Phillip, (to return five…

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Domestic Intelligence. Electioneering Movements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1843 · page 2

SINCE we last noticed the electioneering movements, Mr. W. Lane, a Bathurst settler, and Mr. F. W. Unwin, the well known attorney (who, we may remark, has retired from…

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Electioneering Movements

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 4 February 1843 · page 794

Two candidates for the County of Bathurst have at last made their appearance. Messrs. W. Lane and F.W. Unwin. The former reserves the declaration of his…

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Electioneering

The Satirist and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 4 February 1843 · page 1

IT is amusing in the extreme to witness the various attempts tried by all parties in justification of their canvass--some pleading WEAL[?]--some spurred on by POVERTY--some [?]…

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Camden County Election

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 4 February 1843 · page 2

MR. EDITOR—I beg to trespass on a small space in your valuable columns, while I inform you that a meeting of Mr. Cowper's friends took place here yesterday at the Surveyor General Inn. It consisted…

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Original Correspondence. Queries to Candidates

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 4 February 1843 · page 2

MR. EDITOR.—I perceive several gentlemen have put themselves forward as postulants for the power of making laws for the people of this colony, each of whom no doubt deems himself fully qualified for the…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, February 6, 1843. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I," the County Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1843 · page 2

THE following petition is now in course of signature. The prayer of it is so reasonable that we should imagine it will be granted as a matter of course, if it is, as…

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Domestic Intelligence. Electioneering Movements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1843 · page 2

DR. Lang is in nomination as one of the candidates for the electoral district of Port Phillip! Mr. Robert Campbell, Junior, of Campbell's Wharf, had been written to,…

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Representative Candidates

The Australian · Monday 6 February 1843 · page 3

The following is a List of the Candidate for Representative honours who have already come into the field; namely for 1. District of Port Phillip, (to return five…

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