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Politics & elections, 1851

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The Tasmanian Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 November 1851 · page 3

THE following letter has been handed to us for publication:— THE AUSTRALASIAN LEAGUE. Office of the Northern Tasmanian Branch,…

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The Election of Aldermen

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 29 November 1851 · page 2

THE nomination of citizens to fill the office of Aldermen, occasioned by the vacancies which occur on the 1st. December will take place on Monday next. The citizens will it is hoped have an…

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Election of Aldermen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 December 1851 · page 2

YESTERDAY, being the day appointed for the nomination of three gentlemen to serve as Aldermen of the city, in the place of Messrs. Thurlow, Fisher, and Broughton, retired…

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Election for Aldermen

Empire · Tuesday 2 December 1851 · page 2

Yesterday being the day appointed for the nomination of three gentlemen to fill the office of Aldermen, in the room of Messrs. Thurlow, Fisher, and broughton, who retire in rotation,…

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Domestic Intelligence. Election of Aldermen

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 December 1851 · page 9

On Monday last the Nomination of three gentlemen to fill the places of Messrs. Thurlow, Fisher, and Broughton, who retire by rotation as Aldermen, was held at the Hustings, Macquarie-place…

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Election for Aldermen. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 December 1851 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—This day the citizens are called upon to exercise one of the most important of their municipal privileges. Three Aldermen have to be elected, nine…

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Election of Aldermen

Empire · Thursday 4 December 1851 · page 2

As is already known to those of the citizens who have paid any attention to the subject, there are nine candidates for the three Aldermanic seats which have to be…

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Election of Aldermen

Empire · Friday 5 December 1851 · page 3

The election of three aldermen in the room of Messrs. Thu[?]ow, Fisher, and Broughton, who retired by rotation, took place yesterday in the various wards. There being no fewer than 9…

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Election of Aldermen

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 December 1851 · page 6

Monday being the First of December, the nomination for three Aldermen, in the room of Messrs. Thurlow, Broughton, and Fisher, whose term of office had expired, took place in Macquarie-place, before the acting Returning Officer, Mr. John Rae…

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Election of Aldermen for the City

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 December 1851 · page 14

ON Thursday, the election of Aldermen for the City took place at the appointed polling places in the various Wards; and shortly after four o'clock, the Returning Officer, Mr. John Rae, declared the proximate state of the poll, from the balcony of the…

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Election of Aldermen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 December 1851 · page 2
Also in Empire

THE result of the late election for aldermen was formally declared on Saturday, at noon, from the hustings, in Macquarie-place. The RETURNING OFFICER (Mr. Rae)…

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Election Squibs and Fibs

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 December 1851 · page 8

IT is said that "all" is fair in war; so political schemers seem to think it no harm to use all that is fair "foul" or false in order to serve a purpose in "Electioneering…

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Late Election for Aldermen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 December 1851 · page 2

WHEN the question of the validity of the election of Mr. GEORGE HILL for Major was brought before the Supreme Court, at the end of last year, by Mr…

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The Election of Mr. Wilshire

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 13 December 1851 · page 8

AGAIN has the popular cause proved triumphant and our executive have been once more made aware that the citizens of Sydney are not to be trampled upon by any arbitrary act which the…

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Election of Aldermen

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 13 December 1851 · page 6

THE result of the late election for aldermen was formally declared on Saturday, at upon, from the hustings in Macquarie-place. The Returning Officer (Mr. Rae) before stating the number of votes recorded for the several candidates, explained that the num…

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The Empire. Monday, December 15, 1851. the Election of To-day

Empire · Monday 15 December 1851 · page 2

IF personal drudgery and unscrupulous effort to obtain the votes of the electors ought to be rewarded by success in the issue of the election, Mr. George Hill…

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Election of Mayor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 December 1851 · page 2

THE mayoral election, although most warmly contested, passed off without the slightest disorder. From the very opening of the poll Mr. Hill took the lead in all the Wards, and…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, December 16, 1851. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am 1." Yesterday's Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 December 1851 · page 2

THE result of yesterday's election for Major was just what we had predicted, although we are free to confess that we scarcely looked for so extraordinary a…

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The Election of Mayor

Empire · Tuesday 16 December 1851 · page 3

The annual election of Mayor for the city of Sydney took place yesterday, at the polling places in the various wards. The only candidates in the field were Councillor Hill, Alderman Wilshire,…

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