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Politics & elections, 1919

2,295 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 115

Alp, and Paddington Candidates Mr. Rae Dismissed As Editor

The Mirror · Sunday 6 July 1919 · page 2

There has been much comment in Labor[?]fries over the endorsement by the Central Executive of the A.L.P. of Messrs. J. E. Birt and J. M. Power to…

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Federal Parliament. the No- Confidence Debate. This Week's Business

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday,-- When the Federal Parliament moots on Wednesday next tho debate on the no- confidence motion, which occupied tho attention of tho House for…

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St. George Labor Candidate

Evening News · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 1

The St. George branch of the Australian Labour to contest the seat at the next State elections. Captain Tombs was a…

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Cook Labor Council Election of Officers

Evening News · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 4

The annual election of officers of the Cock Federal Labor Council comprising delegates from leagues in the electorate was held in St. George Hall Newtown,…

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Labor's Candidates St. George and Paddington

The Sun · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 7

In connection with the St. George seat a selection ballot, conducted by the local branch of the A.L.P. was held at Rockdale on Saturday last…

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"New Party" Defeated Cook Labor Council Election of Officers

The Sun · Monday 7 July 1919 · page 5

The annual election of officers of the Cook Federal Labor Council, comprising delegates from leagues in the electorate, was held in St. George's…

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Victorian Parliament. Probable Speaker

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- The Victorian Parliament will meet to-morrow. It Is expected that Mr. Manifold will be elected Speaker. To day Mr. Kendall, M.L.C., resigned his…

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Sheep-breeders the Association's Annual Meeting in Sydney. Election of Officers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Sheep-breeders' Association of New South Wales was hold in Sydney on Saturday night last, under the presidency…

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Politician in West Australia. Upper House Election

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 July 1919 · page 5

PERTH, Monday.-- The election to fill the vacancy for West Province, caused by the death of Sir Henry Briggs, President of the Legislative Council, took place on Saturday. The first…

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Victorian Parliament. £10,000,000 for Soldier Settlement

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The State Parliamentary session was opened by the State Governor (Sir Arthur Stanley) to-day with ceremony…

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Grave Burdens Federal Public Service Report to Parliament New Positions and Awards MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 5

It is estimated," says the Acting-Commissioner for the Federal Public Service, in his annual report, which was laid on the table of the Federal…

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Paddington by Election

The Sun · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 4

The ballot for the selection of a Labor candidate for Paddington began last night, and will continue to-night from 7 o'clock till 10. Alderman J. M…

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Federal Parliament. No-confidence Motion

The Australian Worker · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 7

In the Federal Parliament on July 2 Mr. Higgs (Deputy Leader of the Federal Labor Party) moved a motion of no-confidence in the Nationalist Government…

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Federal Parliament. No-confidence Debate. Profiteering the Topic

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The no-confidence debate drifted through to-day's sitting of the House of Representatives. The Senate adjourned without doing any business…

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The "Old Home on College Green." Lords and Commons Still Intact. Waiting for the Irish Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 38

The hope of the bulk of the Irish people for more than a century has been that some day would witness the restoration of the "Old House on…

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In and Out of Parliament: a Memory of George Higinbotham. The Most Fascinating and Puzzling of Australia's Political Giants

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 7

A Victorian reader suggests that car Joseph Carruthers might have looked across the Southern border when he was selecting Australia's greatest…

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Paddington By-election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 7

The result of the ballot taken on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at the Paddington Town Hall of unions resident within the electorate, for the purpose of recommending…

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Proportional Voting. the By-election Problem. Recording Preference Votes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 July 1919 · page 4

Stale Cabinet yesterday gave further consideration to the regulations to govern the voting under the proportional representation system…

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