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Politics & elections, 1931

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 138

Soviet Elections Red Moscow Votes 100 P.C. Thousands of Workers Join Their Party

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 3

Moscow.—The elections to the Soviet here, in the Red capital, have continued to show a remarkable intensification of the political keenness…

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For Leader Election Victory Mayfair London

The Sun · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 1

In what is considered to have been the bitterest by-election in modern times, that of the St. George's division of Westminster,…

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PARLIAMENT. Electors' Responsibility

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 12

Mr. Bavin, M.L.A., replying to the toast of "Parliament" at the opening of the Northern Suburbs Agricultural and Horticultural Association's show at St. Ives yesterday, said…

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Can a Parliament Be "Tied Up"? N.s.w. Legislative Council Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 6

Can a State Parliament bind its successor? Can it pass legislation that the succeeding Parliament is unable to alter? Following the…

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Baldwin's Thanks To Election Victor At St. George's LONDON

Evening News · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 1

In writing to congratulate Major Duff Cooper on his courageous fight and great victory in the St. George by-election, Mr. Baldwin says: "It is…

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Labor Candidate For Senate Seat ADELAIDE

Evening News · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 3

By an overwhelming majority the president of the S.A. Labor party. Mr. H. Kneebone, was selected by the Labor conference as the Labor candidate for…

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Council By-Election

Evening News · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 3

Ald C. E. M'Neilly having resigned from Marrickville council, a by-election to fill the vacancy will be held in South Ward on Saturday, April 11…

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Next Elections. Two Labour Parties Likely. Bitter Faction Fight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 13

The fight between the supporters of Mr. Lang and the Federal Labour party continues with unabated bitterness. Desperate attempts will be made to setttle…

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BY-ELECTION. Mr. Duff Cooper. Decisive Victory. Tense Excitement. LONDON, March 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 13

The St. George's, Westminster, byelection resulted In a victory for the official Conservative candidate, Mr. A. Duff Cooper…

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Another By-Election

The Sun · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 1

London, Friday.--At the Pontypridd by-election caused by the resignation of Mr. Mardy Jones (Labor) the result was:--D. L…

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Baldwin Beats Paper Magnates English By-election Cooper's Maiority (British Official Wireless.) LONDON

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 March 1931 · page 1

WIDESPREAD interest was aroused in the by-election in the St. George's division of Westminster, in which the…

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The Moving Picture Show News from Parliament

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 6

"We have Governments in power that we might believe to be a coalition of Governments led by Judas Iscariot and Ned Kelly, and they make promises with…

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Victorian Owner's Grip on Randwick Mile Waterline's Lien on Doncaster Sir Chrystopher and Temoin Likely Candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 2

IF the form of the Doncaster candidates who ran in the Railway Handicap on Saturday did one thing more than another it was to direct attention to Sir Chrystopher's chance in the Randwick Mile. The grey from the country did not run on Saturday, but a…

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Federal Candidate

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 10

Mr. Arthur Preston, for some years president of the Parramatta National Federal Electoral Committee and an ex-Mayor of Canterbury, has…

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Wine Export Board Election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1931 · page 11

The Minister for Markets, Mr. Parker Moloney, announces that the term of two years for which the present wineries and distilleries on the…

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Parliament's Business To-day

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 1

THE Minister for Agriculture and Forests will have a busy day in the Assembly after private members' business has…

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Question in Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 13

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) stated in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that he was making inquiries into the matter. He was exercising his rights under the Act,…

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'Five Federal Houses of Parliament'

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 4

FOR the whole period of its existence the Labor Party in N.S.W. has had the abolition of the Legislative Council, or the"Upper House," as it is…

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Fiduciary Currency Bill. Debate in Federal Parliament

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 8

MOVING the second reading of the Fiduciary Currency Bill in the Federal Parliament last week, Federal Treasurer Theodore said that the notes printed…

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State Parliament. a Rural Atmosphere. Forests—and Gas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 12

In refreshingly marked contrast to the methods which have been adopted lately in the Legislative Assembly, there was a leisurely atmosphere about things yesterday, an…

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