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Politics & elections, 1851

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Election of Mr. Cowper

Empire · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 2

We are happy to learn that the gentlemen who have formed themselves into a Committee to conduct the election of Mr. Charles Cowper, for Cumberland, are…

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Country Elections. (From our own Correspondents.) Election of a Member for the Southern Boroughs

Empire · Saturday 20 September 1851 · page 3

On Tuesday last the nomination of a candidate for the Southern Boroughs, took place in the Court House here. By the hour appointed there was a strong muster of the Goulburn constituency…

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PROGRESS of the Elections Sydney Hamlets. Result of the Poll

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 September 1851 · page 2

ON Saturday last, after a spirited contest. Mr. T. W. Smart was returned for the Sydney Hamlets, by a majority of 112 over Mr. Thurlow; and 165 over Mr. Josephson…

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PROGRESS of the ELECTIONS (Continued from this day's Herald.) the Southern Boroughs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 September 1851 · page 2

GOULBURN, SEPTEMBER 16.—Mr. W. CHATFIELD, J.P., Returning Officer, at the hour appointed for the nomination of a member for the Southern Boroughs, opened the business…

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West Camden Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 September 1851 · page 3

FRIDAY last being the day appointed for the nomination of candidates for the representation of West Camden; the electors assembled for this purpose around the Hustings erected near…

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Election for the Hamlets

Empire · Monday 22 September 1851 · page 3

The election of a member to serve in the Legislative Council fo the electoral district of the SydneyHanlets, took place on Saturday last. There were four candidates for the honour,…

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Eastern Camden Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 September 1851 · page 2

SEPTEMBER 20.—The poll closed at the usual hour, 4 P.M., at Wollongong, leaving Mr. Osborne a considerable majority; anxiety was evinced by the friends of both candidates to…

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Sydney Hamlets Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 September 1851 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon the official declaration of the final state of the poll in the election of a member to serve in the Legislative Council for the Sydney Hamlets, was made by the…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, September 23, 1851. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 September 1851 · page 2

CONSIDERING the peculiar circumstances of the colony, the business of the General Election is proceeding with much greater spirit than might have been expected…

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Election for the Stanley Boroughs (From the Moreton Bay Courier.)

Empire · Tuesday 23 September 1851 · page 3

The polling for a member to serve in the Legislative Council for the Stanley Boroughs commenced at nine o'clock yesterday morning. With the exception of some good-humoured…

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Election for the County of Bathurst

Empire · Tuesday 23 September 1851 · page 3

The election for the county of Bathurst took place on the 19th instant. There were two candidates, Messrs. J. W. Bligh and Franois Lord. The following, according to the Bathurst Free…

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Election for the County of Stanley. (From a Correspondent.)

Empire · Tuesday 23 September 1851 · page 3

The polling took pince on Saturday, the 13th, inst., and at the close there appeared to have been only 17 votes polled for Mr. Wilson, the pro-transportationist, and 54 for Mr. Richardson, the…

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Election for the County of Cumberland

Empire · Tuesday 23 September 1851 · page 2

The election for the County of Cumberland took place yesterday. We have not as yet heard the precise state of the poll. The following statement of the result of the poll at four o'clock,…

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The Elections. Election for the Hamlets. —Declaration of the Poll

Empire · Tuesday 23 September 1851 · page 2

At three o'clock yesterday the Returning Officer for the Hamlets, George Miller, Esq., arrived at the hustings in Cleveland Paddock, accompanied by Mr. Smart, Mr. Thurlow, Mr…

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PROGRESS of the Elections the County of Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 September 1851 · page 2

THE returns from the various country polling places having arrived in town, it appears that Mr. Bligh is returned by a majority of 22 votes. The following is the result of the polling at the…

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The Elections. North Eastern Boroughs

Empire · Wednesday 24 September 1851 · page 3

The report which we gave in our yesterday's issue, as to the result of the election for the North Eastern Boroughs, turns out to be well-founded, Mr. Edward Flood having been returned after a…

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Result of the Elections. Sydney Hamlets

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 September 1851 · page 9

The nomination for the Sydney Hamlets took place on Thursday, the 11th, at the Hustings erected at Cleveland Paddock. The Returning officer, George Miller, Esq., opened the proceedings…

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The Melbourne Election

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 September 1851 · page 9

IT affords us much pleasure to find a worthy son of the Emerald Isle, Mr. O'Shaughnessy, the respected President of St. Patrick's Society, returned at the head of the poll as we…

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Cumberland Boroughs Election

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 September 1851 · page 9

At 12 o'clock on Wednesday, the 17th, the proceedings for the nomination of Candidates was formally opened at the Court Ho se, Windsor, by the Returing Officer, R. Fitzgerald, Esquire. The…

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Colonial News. Victoria. the First Election. the United Counties of Ripon, Hamhden, Greenville, and Polworth

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 September 1851 · page 10

Saturday last was the nay appointed for the nomination of candidates for the reprerentation of these counties. At the appointed hour, Mr. Hugh Murry, the returning officer, opened the…

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