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Politics & elections, 1889

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Electioneering

The Australian Star · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 6

TUENA, This Day.--The members for the district, Messrs. Garland and Plumb, addressed a crowded meeting of their constituents at the Cordillera last night. A…

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The Victorian Elections

The Australian Star · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 4

THE Victorian elections have resulted largely in favor of the Government. It was universally believed that they would do so, for the Opposition in the late…

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The General Elections in Victoria

The Australian Star · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Business matters are quiet, owing to the general elections. Vehicles of every kind are flying about in all directions…

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The Reassembling of Parliament

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 635

The Legislative Assembly adjourned three weeks ago until the 2nd April, and before our next number appears Parliament will again have met, either to renew…

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Our New Parliament—three New Members of the Assembly

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 31

M.L.A. FOR STURT…

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POLITICAL. Our New Parliament. Mr. Wyman Bbown, M.L.A. for Sturt

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 13

Mr. Wyman Brown is a native of Kent (England), and was born in the year 1836. On his arrival in New South Wales in 1858 he at once began work as a miner on the Peel River goldfield. There he remained with…

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The Victorian Elections

Evening News · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 4
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Absolute believers in party government will not be able to derive much comfort from the Victorian general elections of Thursday. The Gillies-Deakin Coalition Ministry has come back…

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Transit Commissioners' Election

Evening News · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 6

A meeting of 'bus and cab proprietors, also licensed drivers, was held on Thursday at Punch's Hotel, George-street, for the purpose of supporting Alderman J. D. Young for reelection to a…

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The Victorian Elections. the Results

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 9

THE polling for the general elections of Victoria took place throughout; the colony on Thursday. Under the new Act, electors were able to record their votes in the suburban constituencies…

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General Election in Victoria

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 650

The nominations for the Legislative Assembly took place on the 21st. About 230 candidates were nominated for 85 scats. About 130 of the candidates are in favour of the Government. The…

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Easter Elections in the Church of England Diocese of Newcastle

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 3

The elections for the various church officers this year in the diocese of Newcastle, are the most important that have ever taken place in that diocese. In…

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Victorian Elections

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Yesterday's elections have had the effect of removing from Parliament all the obstructives and stonewallers, with the exception of…

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The Victorian Elections. Melbourne, This Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 6

Two electorates have yet to send in heir final returns, and as the polling in both instances is very close, one, in fact, being a tie at present, it is unsafe to…

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Parliament

The Australian Star · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This Day.--Parliament will, in all probability, be called together on April 9, when Mr. H. Davis is sure to be re-elected Speaker, while Mr. M'Lelian…

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Parliamentary Election. Return of a Tory

Evening News · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, March 31.—Captain Bowles, the Tory candidate, has been elected as member of the House of Commons for the Enfield division of Middlesex by a majority bf 1500, defeating Mr…

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Parliamentary Election. London, March 30

The Australian Star · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 5

Mr. Bowles, Conservative, has been elected to represent Enfield in Parliament, in place of Viscount Folkestone, Conservative…

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The Victorian Elections. Melbourne, This Day

The Australian Star · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 6

Two electorates have yet to send in their final returns, and as the polling in both instances is very close, one, in fact, being a tie at present, it is unsafe to…

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Cable News. a Parliamentary Election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday-- Mr. Bowles, a Conservative, has been elected Member of Parliament for tho electorate of Enfield (Middlesex) in place of Viscount Folkestone…

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The Victorian Elections. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Additional election returns to hand show that four old members were thrown out of constituencies. At Benambra Mr. Craven defeated the late member,…

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