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Politics & elections, 1886

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Notes of the Week. Ministerial Re-elections

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 503

Twice within a period of three months Parliamentary time has been wasted by the re-election of Ministers. When Sir Patrick Jennings and his colleagues get back they will have to finish the session…

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The Ministerial Elections

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 15

An Executive meeting was held at 10 o'clock on Wednesday for the purpose of fixing upon additional polling places, if necessary, for the forthcoming election. An important decision was come to…

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Victorian Parliament. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The new Parliament is to be called together this week, probably on Friday next. Only a short session will be held, as the Ministry will ask…

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The Victorian Elections. Melbourne, This Day

Globe · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 5

The election returns now complete leave the Liberals 50, Conservatives 33, Independents 3. The Government have a small unreliable majority. It is the general…

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Ministerial Elections. Saturday's Proceedings. East Sydney

Evening News · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 6

Comparatively little public interest was manifested in East Sydney nominations on Saturday, as it was generally known that Mr. Copeland, who was seeking re-election, in consequence of having accepted the portfolio of Minister…

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TELEGRAMS. Election Officials Maltreated. MELBOURNE, Saturday, March 6

Evening News · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 6

At the Leigh Creek polling booth on Friday evening, the scrutineers and polling clerk were severely hustled and maltreated by a crowd opposed to Messrs. Russell and James. One of the scrutineers…

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The Victorian Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 4

The general election in Victoria has proved a triumph for the coalition Ministry. All of the Ministers save one are returned, and as there was one in…

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The Manly Municipal Election. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 3

Sir,--Every thinking person in Manly must agree with the remarks in your sub-leader in to-day's issue regarding .Mr. Hayes, who has just been ousted by a verdict of the Supreme…

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The Ministerial Elections. East Sydney. Mr. Copeland Reelected

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 5

On Saturday, the Hon. Henry Copeland. Minister of Landa, was reelected a member for East Sydney. The nomination took place as usual in Hyde Park. In front of the hustings…

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Suburban Councils and City Polling Places. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 4

Sir,—Owing to the case pending between Johnson and Hayes, the returning officer for Kogarah (Mr. H. Wise) decided not to have a polling place in Sydney. The consequence was that one-third of those entitled to vote did…

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The Bathurst Election. Mr. Suttor's Return to Be Appealed Against

Globe · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 5

At the Bathurst nomination, it will be remembered that Mr. Daniel Maynoe, the opponent of the Eon. F. B. Sutter, Postmaster-General, received the show…

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The Ministerial Elections. Return of the Attorney General. Gundagai, This Day

Globe · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 8

The nominations for the Gundagai electorate took place at the Court-House at noon to-day, in the presence of a large number of electors. Mr. P. B. Barnes,…

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The Redfern Election

Globe · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 4

We do not understand, and certainly do not sympathise with, the outcry made by a certain silly section of the Sydney press against that good old constitutional custom…

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Ministerial Elections. MR. D. Mayne in Bathurst

Evening News · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 3

BATHURST, Monday, March 8.—On Saturday night a meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. D. Mayne was held in the Clubhouse Hotel. The crowd assembled on the street, and Mr. Mayne and his supporters appeared on the…

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The Victorian Elections

Evening News · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 4

The result of the general election in Victoria does not augur very well for the new coalition Government. Out of a House consisting of eighty-seven members, the Government will have…

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Ministerial Elections. Nomination for Eden. Bega, Tuesday, March 9

Evening News · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 4

The nominations for the Eden electorate took place to-day. Mr. J. P. Garvan was nominated by Mr. Thomas Rawlinson, Mayor of Bega, and seconded by Mr. JoDarey. There being no opposition, the returning office…

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Political. the Ministerial Elections. Immigration Vote. Land Revenue

Evening News · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 5

A good deal of party feeling appears to have been instilled into the election of a representative for the electorate of Redfern in the place of Dr. Arthur Renwick which takes place to-day. It Dame Rumor…

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The Redfern Election. Dr. Renwick's Meetings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 5

Dr. Arthur Renwick, the Minister for Public Instruction, addressed last evening three large meetings of the electors of Redfern, and was assisted in his candidature by the Hon. Henry Copeland, Minister for Lands,…

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Parliamentary Elections. the Hume. the Minister for Works Returned Unopposed. [By Telegraph.) (From Our Own Reporter.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 5

Mr. W. J. Lyne, the Minister for Works, was nominated "for the Hume at Germanton to-day, and was returned unopposed. Mr. Hayes, the other member for the Hume, was present. The proceedings took place in the…

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The Ministerial Elections. Redfern. Mr. Stephen's Candidature

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 March 1886 · page 6

Mr. William Stephen, who is opposing the candidature of Dr. Renwick at Redfern, addressed a meeting of the constituents of that district at the Redfern Town-hall yesterday…

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