Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Politics & elections, all years

Sydney · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1849

82 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 5

The Polling Places

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1849 · page 2

WE are, reminded that the list of the poliing places has not yet appeared in the Herald. We therefore copy from the Government Gazette, the returning officer's…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

County of Cumberland Election. Great Camp[?]down M[?]ting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1849 · page 2

CAMPERDOWN is a growing place an aspiring place; and if ever Camperdown were impressed with a due [?] of its merits, it must have been last, night, when a public meeting…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

County of Cumberland Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1849 · page 2

THE meeting of Mr. Michie's friends was to have taken place last night at Mr. Lavender's Hotel, at the North Shore, but in consequence of the numerous attendance, it was adjourned…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

THE Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, March 29, 1849. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Result of the Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1849 · page 2

OUR readers we have no doubt will be surprised to find that Mr. FITZGERALD has been returned for the county, and that by a large majority. But although this…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

THE Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, March 30, 1849. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Late Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1849 · page 2

THERE can be no doubt that when Mr. FITZGERALD, under the advice of his honorable and learned MENTOR, penned his reply to the enquiries addressed to him by…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Domestic Intelligence. Cumberland Election

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 31 March 1849 · page 2

The election for the County of Cumberland took place on Wednesday last, and though Mr. Fitzgerald has been returned by a very large majority, the contest was undoubtedly one of the sharpest that has occurred in the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Mr. Fitzgerald's Election

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 31 March 1849 · page 5

ANOTHER battle has been fought in the hard struggle now fairly commenced. The people -- the free, thinking, and generous portion of this colony -- have been beaten; principle has had to give way to interest; the public…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Bell's Life in Sydney. Sydney, March 31, 1849. the Late Election

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 31 March 1849 · page 2

THE prayer of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD HAS been answered. The George-street clique HAVE measured weapons with their antagonists,and have been shamefully…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

House of Lords. Further Pro[?]ocation of Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1849 · page 2

YESTERDAY, December 19, being the day to which Parliament stands prorogued, their Lordships met for the purpose of further pro[?]oguing it till the 1st February next, upon which day it…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Election of the President of France

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 7 April 1849 · page 2

The following is the final state of the poll, as addressed by the Committee of the Assembly to the Moniteur: Number of voters in the 86 departments, not including…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Revolution—the Insurrection—the Election. (From the Morning Chronicle, December 19.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1849 · page 3

THE French Revolution of February, the French Insurrections of June, and the French Election of December, are complementary events in the momentous history of the year…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Purity of Election

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 14 April 1849 · page 2

WE certainly thought that Mr. Michie's friends would have submitted with becoming quietness to the humiliating defeat which they sustained in the late election…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Late Case of Personation at the Cumberland Election. "A Daniel come to judgment -- yea, a Daniel! O wise young judge, how do I honour thee!" SHYLOCK

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 21 April 1849 · page 5

ALTHOUGH the matter is somewhat stale, we conceive it would be a deriliction of our duty as public journalists, did we suffer the case of Mr. John Stirling, and the adjudication of Mr. Alderman Egan thereon, to pass by…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Electioneering

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 28 April 1849 · page 1

Again P—Yes, again the fierce war-note is sounded—electors and non-electors are hurrying to and fro—four councillors retire from the District Council, and report says, that the new…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

English News. Imperial Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 May 1849 · page 2

[?] LORDS—THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1. [?] to move the Address in answer to her Majesty's most gracious speech from the throne. He requested the indulgence of their lordships, as he had…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Opening of Parliament by Her Majesty

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 26 May 1849 · page 6

Thursday, February 1, her Majesty opened the Session of Parliament in person. The doors were opened at 12 o'clock, and ladies, in full dress, continued to arrive in quick succession, until every seat was occupied…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Election for St. Vincent and Auckland

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 26 May 1849 · page 2

THE representative elect of the united counties of St. Vincent and Auckland — Mr. GEORGE HILL—having unexpectedly resigned his seat on the very threshold of the Council Chamber, the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

To the Honourable the Commons' House of Parliament

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 2 June 1849 · page 5

The humble petition of the landholders, householders, merchants, and other inhabitants of the district of Auckland, in the province of New Ulster, in the territory of New Zealand, Sheweth --…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Writ of Election. (From a Supplement to the Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 June 1849 · page 2

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, 21st June, 1849.—With reference to the notice from this office dated the 8th August, 1848, in which it was intimated that a writ (amongst…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Original Correspondence. Mr. Martin's Re-election. To the Editors of the Sudney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 June 1849 · page 6

GENTLEMEN,—As the investigation into the qualification of Mr. James Martin has so far proceeded as to guarantee the supposition that he will be deprived of his sent in the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →