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Politics & elections, 1882

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Tumut Election. Tumut

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 1095

The official declaration was made to-day as follows: — O'Mara, 602; Renwick, 517; informal, 16; majority for O'Mara, 85. There was only a small attendance, and the proceedings were formal. Mr. O'Mara attended, and…

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Shoalhaven Election. Nowra, Dec. 8

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 1095

There was a large gathering of the electors at the courthouse at Nowra, at noon, to hear the official declaration of the poll. The returning officer read the following returns: — Humphery, 790; Roseby, 719. Majority…

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Richmond Election. Lismore

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 1095

There was considerable excitement over the election on Saturday. The returns so far show — Gray, 1015: Hogan 660…

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Northumberland Election. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 1095

The polling for Northumberland resulted as follows: — Melville, 1897; Tighe, 1312; Christie, 1200; informal votes, 3. The returning officer declared Messrs. N. Melville and A. A. P. Tighe to be duly elected. There was a…

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Glen Innes Election. Gley [?]

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 5

At the nomination to-day .Mr. W. J. Ferguson was elected unopposed. About 150 electors attended, and Mr. Fergusson made a good speech, His return has given much satisfaction…

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Personating Dead Men at the West Sydney Election. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 3

Sir,--Your remarks anent the bribery and personation at the West Sydney election are perfectly true. I am in a position to prove that both the offences were perpetrated in a wholesale and…

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Lamentation of a Thirsty Patriot After the Elections

Sydney Punch · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 3

MY heart with grief I mangle My lips are parch'd and dry; Life's bells are out of jangle, With very thirst I fry…

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Electioneering Notes

Sydney Punch · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 3

'TIS anice state of things in the land, is it not ? Whata licking the Government lately have got; There's Stuart more votes than twice Watson has polled, And both he and John Davies are out in the cold…

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Parliamentry Elections. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Clarence Election. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 9

The official declaration of the poll for the Clarence electorate took place at Rocky Mouth on Wednesday. The corrected numbers were—J. M. Purves, 689; R. Stevenson, 295; majority for Purves, 391. Mr. Purves was then…

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Monaro Election. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 9

The polling for the election of two members to represent Monare in the Assembly took place yesterday. The official [?]claration was made to-day. The number polled for each candidate were:—Badgery, 981; Tooth. 856; Toohey, 771…

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Glen Innes Election. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 9

Mr. Fergusson was elected unopposed to-day for this electorate. About 100 electors were present. The election has given satisfaction throughout the district…

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liverpool Election

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 11

LONDON, December 8.—Mr. Smith the Liberal candidate, has been defeated by Mr. Forwood, the Conservative, for Liverpool, by 370 votes…

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The General Election

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 14

THE returns are now nearly all in, and the elections decided since our last have just as emphatically pronounced against the Government and their land proposals as those recorded last week. The Colonial…

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The New Parliament

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 December 1882 · page 3

Mr. J. Garrand, retained at the head of the poll for Balmain, sat in last Parliament, and on all main issue, until the division on the Land Bill, was with the Government. On that division he went with the…

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The Imperial Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 December 1882 · page 4

London, November 23.—Gladstone's course to-night, in his speech in opposition to Northcote's amendment for the rejection of the cloture rules—he having said the present procedure rules prevented him dealing with local…

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The General Elections

Evening News · Monday 18 December 1882 · page 2

Thursday next will see the lost of these elections, and another fortnight the new House will be assembled for the despatch of business—otherwise. On Saturday the New England and the Murray districts…

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Murray Election. Deniliquin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 December 1882 · page 5

For the Murray election Barbour polled 822; Wilson, 749; Hansen, 566; Killen, 441. There are four small returns [?] come in that will not materially affect the position. WARREN, SATURDAY…

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Armidale Election. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 December 1882 · page 5

The result of the poll at Armidale was as follows:— O'Connell, 401; Proctor, 379; Farnell, 376. The Urall, Walcha, Bundarra, Bendemcer, and other returns to hand give Farnell a total of 836; Proctor, 814; and O'Connell,…

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Parliamentary Elections. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) the Gwydir Election. Warialda

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 December 1882 · page 5

Mr. W. R. Campbell was returned by a majority of 218 [?] Gwydir…

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The General Elections. Mr. M'elhone and the Rotten Egg

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 December 1882 · page 3

A telegram from Armidale states that M'M'Elhone addressed a large open-air meeting at Armidale on Friday. His speech was characteristic. He ridiculed the candidature of Mr. W. C. Proctor,…

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