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Politics & elections, 1919

2,295 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 115

The Passing Show State Parliament Prorogued

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

The New South Wales Parliament was on Friday prorogued to Monday June 9 next…

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Paddington Election the Nationalists Resolve to Contest the Seat. the Political Equilibrium

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

In announcing the intention of the Nationalist party to contest the Paddington (Sydney) by-election to fill the vacancy tu the N.S.W. Legislative…

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The Labor Candidate

The Sun · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 5

Alderman L. J. O'Hara, whose selection by the local A.L.P. to contest the Paddington by-election has been endorsed by the executive, is a civil…

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Nationalists and Labor Party. Mr. Carmichael's Chances Issues at Next Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Monday.--Mr. Archdale Park hill, general secretary of the Nationalist Association, at a meeting of the party here, explained the new system of voting and…

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Paddington By-election. Labor Ballot Criticised

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

Aid. L. O'Hare. (Paddington). who was selected on Saturday as the Labor candidate to contest the Paddington by-election, was endorsed yesterday by the A.L.P. executive…

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Paddington. Polling Day, May 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 10

Yesterday afternoon the Governor issued a writ in connection with the Paddington byeloction to fill the, vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Osborne, owing to his…

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Paddington By-election. Two Soldier Candidates Election on May 21

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 8

A soldier. Captain W. D. Harris, M.C., has been selected to represent the Nationalist Tarty at the Paddingion by-election. Tile National executive met yesterday and made…

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Slightly Modified Question of School Attendance Examination Candidates

Evening News · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 4

The question of the withdrawal of the restrictions, so far as they apply to attendance at schools, was s[?] to the meeting of the Consultative Medical…

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Labour Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 10

Alderman L. O'Hara, the Labour candidate, is now in his thirtieth year, and was educated at Redfern and the Marist Brothers High School, Darlinghurst. He is a clerk in the…

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National Candidate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 10

Captain W. D. Harris, M.C., the candidate selected by the National Association of New South Wales to represent the party in the Paddington contest, is in his thirty-eighth…

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Candidates for Selection

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 11

The number of really first-class candidates who signified their willingness to carry the party's flag in the contest "is a most satisfactory feature," said the Premier last night…

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Doncaster Candidates

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 32

Candidates for. the Doncaster Handicap will require to be rattled along from this out, as there will be no racing to "top 'em off."…

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R.a.s. Election

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 9

The annual meeting of the members of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales will be held on May 20, when in the election of office-bearers will take…

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Fate of Fiume. Orlando Addresses Parliament. London, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 7

A Rome message states that Orlando (Premier), speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, urged calmness. England and France wished loyally to adhere to the…

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In and Out of Parliament. Notes and Gossip. "Chris" Watson

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 22

Mr. J. C. Watson, the first leader of the Federal Labor party, celebrated his fifty-second birthday recently. He does not look his age, although his…

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Paddington By-election. Triangular Contest

The Australian Worker · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 11

The Paddington by-election, rendered necessary by the appointment of Mr. J. P. Osborne, M.L.A., to the Meat Board will be a triangular contest…

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Mayoral Election. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 9

Alderman John Pearce Luke has been reelected Mayor of Wellington [?]head of the Labour candidate by 900 votes…

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Labor in New Zealand Municipal Contests Results of Elections Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 4

A feature of yesterday's municipal elections was the strenuous effort of most of the towns to secure greater representation by the Labor Party,…

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