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Politics & elections, 1920

2,352 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 118

For Worker Women. the Elections

The Australian Worker · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 9

Two things stand out in the figures already to hand—for at the time of writing the returns are not yet all in. The first is the soldiers' support of…

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Elections. Back to 45 All. the Cabinet. Mr. Holman to See the Governor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 9

With the arrival of Ihe final count for the Byron electorate early yesterday morning the probable position in the New State Parliament reassumed the earlier anticipations…

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State Elections the Sturt Count

The Sun · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 5

Mr. E. B. Harkness, chief returning officer, received word from Broken Hill this morning that returns had still to be received from 16 of the remote…

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New Members of State Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 4

CAPTAIN-CHAPLAIN WILSON. Progressive (Western Suburbs). MR. P. J. MINAHAN. Independent Labour (Sydney)…

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St. George Election. Four Elected Candidates

The Propeller · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 3

MR. G. CANN, M.L.A., (Labor). Private J. G. D. ARICINS, M.L.A. (Nationalist…

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The State Elections

The Land · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 9

When we went to press thin week, 75 members of the new Parliament had been elected. Ministerialists were confident all the week that on the final…

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Wallsend Races Prospects of Candidates for

Arrow · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 5

The Wallsend J.C. will make a beginning its two-days' meeting. Sarture, topweight in the Trial, should prove equal to pulling this off, though Tantworthy is a…

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Elections. Premier's Probable Advice. to the Governor. Send for Mr. Storey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 5

Sturt is the only electorate for which the complete results of the polling on March 20 are still outstanding. In 89 of the 90 electorates the counting has been completad and…

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The Labor View. the Elections Reviewed, To the Editor of "The Propeller."

The Propeller · Friday 2 April 1920 · page 3

Sir,--The elections, have been remarkable in two respects, viz., the large number of electors who did not record their votes, and the number of…

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The Sailors' and Soldiers' Parliament Various Questions

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 23

L.F.X.: You say that your friend "was cleaning his r[?]e, not knowing it to be loaded, when it exploded, causing the eventual loss of one loot," and you…

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The State Elections. Members Elected. CUMBERLAND

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 1

Very little or no interest was manifested in Liverpool in connection with the official declaration of the poll for the Cumberland electorate at midday on the…

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Another Election Sir Joseph Carruthers' Views the Speakership

Evening News · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 4

Sir Joseph Carruthers is of the opinion that there should be another election in New South Wales as soon as possible after changes have been made in the…

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Elections Old and New

Evening News · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 4

"There is no new thing under the sun," declared of old a Jewish ruler rated with power and luxury. If his generalisation can be applied to our re[?] election it must be with the qualification that the changes and novelties are but superficial, the essential things being as of yore. To this…

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Lest We Forget a Digger Candidate

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 23

Alex. Jobson, financial critic, is a [?]didate for one of the two vacant M.P. directorships. For many years was a member of the A.M.P. office…

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Should Be New Election

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1920 · page 8

Sir Joseph Carruthers, discussing the political situation that has arisen as the result of the recent elections, puts his view of the position in this way:--…

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England's Heels Priest's Remarkable Address Parliament a Morgue

The Sun · Sunday 4 April 1920 · page 4

Australian national sentiment was the keynote of an address given by Father Ellis Herlihy of Wong, to delegates at the Australasian Holy…

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A Dead Heat. Forty-five All Mr. Doe's Election for Sturt Practically Certain—Cabinet to Meet on

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 April 1920 · page 2

The count for Sturt is not yet complete, but it looks a certainly that Mr. Doe will be returned. The effect of that would be to make the state of parties…

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Candidates Displaced

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 April 1920 · page 3

One of the interesting features of the allocation of the second preferences is the possibility of one member of a party being preferred to another by the votes…

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Let Parliament Decide

Evening News · Monday 5 April 1920 · page 4

The practically equal division of parties in the Legislative Assembly [?] brought forward many students of constitutional procedure in explain what course should be pursued. Many of the theories put forward show much of ingenuity. But there is really only one course to pursue. The…

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To the Editor Elections Old and New

Evening News · Monday 5 April 1920 · page 4

Mr. A. G. Hu[?] writes that Thomas Hare, who developed the proportional [?] system for the House of Commons, was an Englishman. He lived…

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