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Politics & elections, 1922

3,162 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 159

Cumberland Electorate. Labor Candidates Selected Me. Vol. Molesworth, M.L.A., to Get No. 1

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 5

Upward of fifty delegates from branch leagues throughout the Cumberland Electorate assembled at Granville to select candidates to…

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Election Arrangements Speed-Up Labor Selections in Full Swing An Early Announcement Likely

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 6

The A.L.P. is speeding up, and a decision of last Light's executive Indicates at the [?] of the election will shortly be arnounced. Already the task of taking nomination for the metropolitan electorates is com-…

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Elections. the Coalition. No New Campaign Director

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 13

Yesterday's political surprise was the resignation the previous night of Sir Joseph Carruthers from the position of campaign director for the Coalition forces. So…

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Labour Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 14

The following candidates have been endorsed by the A.L.P. executive as the official representatives of the Australian Labour party at the forthcoming elections:—…

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PROHIBITION The Referendum Pledge New Factor in Elections

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 6

A special meeting of the New South Wales Alliance Referendum Pledge Campaign committee was held in Macdonell House yesterday. The…

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£1000 for Selection Labor's Big Struggle What Candidates Spend

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 6

The cost of conducting the Labor selection ballots in connection with the coming elections will, it is estimated by candidates, cost more than double the…

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Children's Candidate

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 6

Mr. John F. Hackett, who some years ago founded a society for the protection of children in Sydney, announces his intention of contesting the Eastern…

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Referendum Pledge New Factor in Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 12

The New South Wales Alliance referendum pledge campaign committee held a special meeting in Macdonell House yesterday. The report tabled by the organising secretary showed a…

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Labor Candidates Batch of Endorsements A.l.p. Executive Meets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 12

The central executive of the A.L.P. met at Macdonell House last night, and dealt with a number of matters connected with the Labor campaign…

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Held Up British Elections Delayed Waiting on the Irish Government Mr. Chamberlain's Views

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 11

Mr. Chamberlain, speaking at Glasgow, said that Mr. Lloyd George and such of his colleagues as he had consulted, had unanimously decided not…

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Man Who " DARES " S.A.'s Spectacular Premier Rapid Rise to Fame Character Sketch of Barwell Elected to Parliament 1915, Attorney-General 1917, Premier 1920

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1922 · page 13

THAT is Mr. Barwell's public career in a sentence. South Australia has never before given one of its legislators such meteoric…

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Eastern Suburbs Mr. Meagher a Candidate

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. R D. Meagher announces that he will be a candidate in the Eastern Suburbs electorate as an Independent. He has already began his campaign…

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McGIRR and Industrialists Twenty-Three Candidates

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. McGirr's claim that he will get a lot of support from the industrialists of the Council of Action is regarded as a huge joke at the industrial…

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Coming Elections. Will Labor Cease Squabbling ? Some Strange Requests Sitting Members' Hard Fight

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1922 · page 2

Whether Labor will cease squabbling after the selection ballots are over and settle down to the serious business of [?]ighting the elections is the general…

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Election Deferred Coalition Will Continue Economy Programme London

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1922 · page 2

The Parliamentary correspondent of "The Time's" indicates that there is a likelihood of a readjustment of the troubled political situation with at…

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Women in Parliament. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 8

The bill which recently was passed by the Assembly, enabling women to sit in Parliament, passed the second reading stage in the Legislative Council by nine votes to four…

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The Elections Candidates Busy National Nominations

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 3

The nominations in the National [?] interests closed on Saturday night. and will be considered to-day by the executive. A recommendation will…

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Eastern Suburbs Candidate

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 5

Alderman Edwin S. Samelle who has on several occasions [?] the Ma[?] chair at Vaucluse, will be [?] for election as a progressive supporting…

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Elections. Date Indefinite. Premier's Policy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 10

Although the actual date upon which the elections will be held is still indefinite, there is a growing feeling amongst Labour men that it will be early in March…

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Candidates and Nominations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 10

Mr. R. D. Meagher, ex-M.L.A., has announced that he will contest the Eastern Suburbs scat as an Independent. Mr. A. Tonge (Clerical Association) has…

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