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Politics & elections, 1848

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Election for the City of Sydney

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1848 · page 2

FROM the earliest hour yesterday morning, the greatest excitement prevailed throughout the metropolis amongst the friends of the four candidates, and the committees were employed with the utmost activity in…

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The City Elections

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1848 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning we found sincere matter for congratulating the inhabitants of Sydney, on the peaceful and orderly manner in which the proceedings of the…

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City Election

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1848 · page 3

The following was the state of the poll, yesterday, at the various hours named:— 1 o'clock. 2 o'clock. 3 o'clock. 4 o'clock. Wentworth 879 955 1067 1148…

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Country Elections

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1848 · page 3

PARRAMATTA ELECTION.—For the borough of Parramatta, Mr. Oakes has been returned by a majority of seventeen. We were not able to obtain further particulars in time for publication. CUMBERLAND BOBOUGHS.—Mr. Bowman will be returned without opposition…

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Durham Election. (from Saturday's Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 July 1848 · page 2

LATE yesterday evening we ascertained that, notwithstanding Major Johnstone's having declared Mr. Donaldson the member elect for Durham, a number of voters attended at the…

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Northern Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 July 1848 · page 2

At the nomination for the Northumberland Boroughs, Messis. Grant, Nichols, Moir, and Biddulph, were proposed, and the show of hands declared to be in favour of Mr. Nichols…

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THE [?] Morning [?]r[?] Monday, July 31, 1848. "Sworn to no Master, of no Seet am I." the Election for the City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 July 1848 · page 2

WITH reference to the events of last Friday, there are two subjects upon which we must offer to our fellow-citizens a hearty congratulation…

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The Elections. Sydney Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 August 1848 · page 2

YESTERDAY being the day appointed for the official declaration by the Returning Officer of the result of the election on Friday last, at precisely twelve o'clock His Worship the…

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THE [?] Morning Herald. Tuesday, August 1,1848. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Cumberland Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 August 1848 · page 2

IF the whole of the electors of the county of Cumberland could be polled, we are confident that nine-tenths of them would declare their wish that Mr. CHARLES…

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City Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 August 1848 · page 2

THE following is the official return of the number of votes in each of the wards recorded in favour of each of the candidates, at the close of the poll on Friday last:—…

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The Elections. Cumberland Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 August 1848 · page 3

A GENERAL meeting of the Electors of the County of Cumberland was called for yesterday, and was held in Mr. Entwisle's Hotel, York-street…

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THE [?] Morning Herald. Wednesday, August 2, 1848. "Sworn to no Matter, of no Sect am I." the Cumberland Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 August 1848 · page 2

THE electors of Cumberland are to-day called upon to decide whether they will elect as Mr. COWPER'S colleague in the Legislative Council, a man of…

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Country News. Maitland. the Elections

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 August 1848 · page 2

Our space is again so much occupied with reports of election proceedings, that we have but little room for our own speculations…

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Election for Hunt Er, Brisbane, and Blig[?] (From a Correspondent of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 August 1848 · page 2

SCONE.—The election, so far as Scone is concerned, passed off with a triumph[?]nt majority in favour of Captain Dumaiesq; and certainly the Captain has great reason to co[?]gratulate…

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Election for Northumberland. (From the Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 August 1848 · page 2

WE have heard that the following was the result of the polling" on Monday in three of the polling-places for the county of Northumberland. Up to last evening we had not heard…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, August 3, 1848. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Elections. County of Cumberland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 August 1848 · page 2

THE following was the state of the poll at the different polling places, at its close at 4 o'clock, yesterday. Mr. Cowper and Mr. Lawson being the elected members. At Sydney and…

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The Elections

The Sentinel · Thursday 3 August 1848 · page 2

The peaceful and orderly manner in which he Citizens have conducted themselves, during the late struggle, must be a matter of congratulation to every one having the reputation of the…

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Non-election of Members for Port Phillip Justified

The Sentinel · Thursday 3 August 1848 · page 3

1. That Port Phillip by sending members to a Legislative Council in Sydney, baa acquiesced in the fiction that she was "represented" in that Council, the truth being that the district, instead of being…

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Election for the County of Cumberland

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1848 · page 2

THE business of the Quarter Sessions at the Court House, Darlinghurst, was postponed till to-day in order to give way to the much more busy scene of discussing,…

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Election for Hunter, Brisbane, and Bligh

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1848 · page 2

SCONE.--The election, so far as Scone is concerned, passed off with a triumphant majority in favour of Captain Dumaresq; and certainly the Captain has great reason to congratulate himself in having so…

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