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Politics & elections, 1851

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PROGRESS of the Elections Sydney Hamlets Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 September 1851 · page 2

THE election of the Sydney Hamlets met yesterday, at the hustings erected in the Cleveland Paddock, for the purpose of placing in nomination the candidates for the representation of…

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Cumberland Boroughs Election. (Abridged from the Herald.)

Empire · Friday 19 September 1851 · page 3

Parsuant to the writ addressed by his Excelleney the Governor-General to Robert Fitzgerald, Esq., the Returning Officer of the above mentioned Electoral District, a meeting of the…

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Election for the County of Argyle

Empire · Friday 19 September 1851 · page 3

This day (Monday) the nomination of a candidate to represent the County of Argyle, took place at noon, in the Court-house. The affair did not excite any interest in the town, and only…

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Eastern Camden Election. Wollongong, 17th Sept

Empire · Friday 19 September 1851 · page 3

About eleven o'clock yesterday morning, a cavaleade of horsemen, consisting of about seventy or eighty of the tenants and other retainers of Mr. Osborne, were observed…

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Country Elections. (From our own Correspondents.) Cook and Westmoreland Election

Empire · Friday 19 September 1851 · page 3

The nomination for these Counties took place at Hartley, on Wednesday, the 17th instant, before the Returning Officer, Mr. James Walker, of Watterowang. A little before 12 o'clock, Mr…

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County of Cumberland Election

Empire · Friday 19 September 1851 · page 3

The nomination of candidates for the representation of the County of Cumberland, took place yesterday at Parramatta. Mr. WENTWORTH, in a short speech, proposed…

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The Empire. Friday, September 19, 1851. the Elections

Empire · Friday 19 September 1851 · page 2

IN the progress of the business of the General Election, the following returns have been made without opposition:- For the County of Argyle C. Nicholson, Esq…

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Metropolitan Elections. Nomination for the Hamlets

Empire · Friday 19 September 1851 · page 2

Yesterday being the day appointed for the nomination of a fit and proper person to represent the Sydney Hamlets in the Legislative Council, a considerable number of persons assembled at…

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Metropolitan Elections. Election for Tue County of Cumberland. Nomination of Candidates

Empire · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 3

A public meeting of the electors of the County of Cumberland was held on Thursday, at Parramatta, for the purpose of nominating the candidates for the representation of the County in the…

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PROGRESS of the ELECTIONS (Continued from this day's Herald.) Murray and St. Vincent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 3

BRAIDWOOD, SEPTEMBER 12.—Yesterday being the day of nomination of the county members we were rather disappointed in the number of electors that attended to meet the two…

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PROGRESS of the Elections the County of Cumberland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 2

ON Thursday the electors of the metropolitan county assembled at the hustings erected before the Court-house, Parramatta, fer the purpose of placing in nomination the candidates…

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The Elections

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 3

LIVERPOOL PLAINS AND GWYDER DISTRICT. Mr.-- Morris, a transportationist, and an avowed follower of Mr. Wentworth, of whose tail he acknowledges himself a joint, waked over the course. for Gwyder. at the nomination, which took pace last week. Mr…

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The City Election

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 2

MANY persons during the week have expressed their surprise at the result of the election on Tuesday last, for our own part, we are not in the least surprised; ever since the meeting held at the…

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City of Sydney Election. Nomination

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 4

Monday last being the day of nomination, the vicinity of the Hosting, erected on the usual site at Macquarie Place, began, at Eleven o'Clock, to shew the unusual bustle of that quiet locality, which is common on similar electioneering occasions. On the…

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The Elections

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 5

NORTHUMBERLAND AND HUNTER.--The nomination, for these districts took place in the Court House, East Maitland, on Friday week, the 9th instant, the day being so hot that an adjournement from the temporary hustings, outside, was unanimously agreed to…

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The Election

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 5

THE election of Members for Sydney, has resulted in the triumphant return of Dr. Lang, at the head of the poll; Messrs. Lamb and Wentworth being the other successful candidates. The following figures give the progress of the poll throughout the day;--…

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Electioneering Mems

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 2

CUMBERLAND BOROUGHS.—The nomination for these Boroughs took place at Windsor, on Wednesday. Mr. Parsons proposed Mr. William Bowman, and Dr. Dowe did the friendly for Mr…

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Bell's Life in Sydney. Saturday, September 20, 1851. The Election for Sydney

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 2

ALTHOUGH not of a temperament to be rasily disheaftened, nor liable to be driven from our views, by an occasional disappointment or an unlooked for failure, we…

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Election for the County of Bathurst. (Abridged from the Bathurst free Press, Sept. 17.)

Empire · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 4

The day for nominating the candidates for the honour of representing the County of Bathurst being fixed for Monday last, a temporary erection was constructed on the square opposite Mr. Black's,…

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The Hamlets Election

Empire · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 2

THE member for the new constituency of the Sydney Hamlets will be elected to-day. We trust the holders of the franchise in this important electorate, will…

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