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Politics & elections, 1891

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The Elections in Canada

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--Sir John Macdonald, the Premier of Canada, has been re-elected by a majority of 464 votes. The general elections throughout the Dominion are…

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Prospect and Sherwood. Municipal Council. Election of Mayor

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 2

A MEETING of the Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers, Western-read, on Tuesday afternoon last…

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Prospect and Sherwood Municipal Council. Election of Another Mayor

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 3

Prospect and Sherwood, which, according to Alderman John Booth, leads the way in matters municipal, has established a record of electing two…

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Sir Charles Dilke. Protests Against His Reentering Parliament. a Vote of . Confidence

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, Friday Night.--Numerous protests have been entered against the proposed Parliamentary candidature of Sir Charles W. Dilke for the Forest of Dean Division of…

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The Canadian Elections. the Government Majority

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON March 7.—The Government newspapers claim, that Sir John Macdonald lias a majority of 40 as the result of the elections. The Liberal press, on the other…

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The Canadian Elections. Return of Several Ministers. a Government Majority. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 7

The Right Hon. Sir John Macdonald, Premier, the Hon. Sir John Thompson, Minister of Justice, and the Hon. C. H. Tupper, Minister of Marine and Fisheries,…

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The Canadian Elections

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 4

THE Canadian elections, which caused more excitement than any similar events that have occurred in the country since the establishment of the…

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Canadian Elections. Macdonald's Majority. Tupper as Premier. LONDON, March 8

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 5

All the results of the polling for the Dominion elections are now in, and show that the party led by Sir John Macdonald has a majority of 24 members. It is…

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The Elections in Canada. a Government Majority of Twenty-four

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, Friday Night.--The general elections for the House of Commons in the Dominion of Canada have resulted in a victory for the Government, and it is…

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The Canadian Election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 4

The general election for the Dominion of Canada has resulted in a victory for the Ministerial party by twenty-four votes. The narrowness of this majority shows…

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Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1891 · page 4

Among the matters before the Executive yesterday was the farther prorogation of Parliament from the 17th inst. to April 14…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. Seventh Day—morning Sederunt. The MODERATOR took the chair at 10 a.m. Election of Standing Committees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1891 · page 8

The election of Standing Committees occupied the attention of the Assembly during the greater part of the sitting. The following were dealt with:—Committees on Church Extension, Church and Manse Loan…

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Trades and Labor News. Labor Electoral Leagues. Preparing for the Next Election

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1891 · page 7

The Parliamentary Committee of the Trades and Labor Council have drawn up a schema of what should be the operations of the labor party at the next election. They…

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Aldermanic Election

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1891 · page 7

KIAMA, Tuesday.--The polling for two aldermen for the north ward of the borough of Kiama took place at Jamberoo Hotel on Saturday, and resulted as follows:--Thos…

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Bismarck Back Again. a Candidate for the Reichstag. London, March 11

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 March 1891 · page 6

Prince Bismarck, ex-Chancellor of the German Empire, has consented to allow himself to be nominated for a seat in the Reichstag…

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Sir Charles Dilke. a Parliamentary Candidate

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night. -- Sir Charles Dilke has acceded to the request of the Liberal Association of the Forest of Dean (Gloucestershire), and has consented to…

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North Shore Election

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1891 · page 4

In connection with the recent election of aldermen for the North Shore Council a rule nisi has bean served upon Alderman W. A. Blackstone calling upon him to show cause why…

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Proroguing Parliament

The Australian Star · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 5

A SPECIAL GAZETTE has been issued containing a proclamation by his Excellency the Governor further proroguing Parliament till April 14…

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The Canadian Parliament

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The Canadian general elections having ended a notice has been issued convening the meeting of the new Parliament for April 27…

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Canadian Parliament. London, March 11

The Australian Star · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 5

The new Dominion Parliament of Canada will be opened an April 27 next…

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