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Politics & elections, 1937

2,920 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 146

Election Day at Gosford Municipal And Shire Councils GOSFORD

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 3

Great interest is being taken in to-day's first municipal council elections. Electors arc required to, vote for nine out of 15 candidates, and…

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Five Eliminated in A.l.p. Ballot Candidates for Senate

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 5

Five candidates were eliminated after the primary count in the A.L.P. ballot to select four representatives to contest the next Senate elections…

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Candidate Sells Wife TOKIO

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 18

ALLEGATIONS that a candidate for the Tokio City Council "sold" his wife for the equivalent of £12 are…

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Gosford Election Results. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 7

From 8 p.m. yesterday until the early hours this morning, a large crowd waited patiently outside the municipal buildings, for the declaration of the poll in Gosford's first municipal…

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Erina Council Elections. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 7

Because of the struggle for supremacy between the northern and southern ends of the shire, intense interest was taken in the elections yesterday for the Erina Shire…

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Auburn Dispute. Election of Mayor. Appeal to Mr. Lang

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 8

A recent meeting of members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union attached to the Auburn, Granville, and Granville second branches, passed a resolution protesting…

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Labour Party Fears Early Election. Non-attendance at Coronation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 12

Members of the State Parliamentary Labour party state that the reason why the Federal Parliamentary Labour party declined to send representatives…

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Labor Council Election Pullan, Maloney For President Nominations Made

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 3

SYDNEY, Jan. 22.—Two nominations for president and five for vice-president were received last night for the annual election of…

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Fire Board Election

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 11

Mr. Maurice James Piper, sole nominee, has been elected to represent permanent firemen on the Board of Fire Commissioners. The…

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Election Campaign in Tasmania Hobart

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 6

The State election campaign was opened to-night when Mr. H. S. Baker, leader of the Nationalist Party, outlined his policy, the chief feature…

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Tasmanian Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 3

LAUNCESTON, Monday.--The State election campaign was opened at Hobart tonight, when the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Baker) delivered…

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Business for Parliament Fed. Session Should Be Short Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 8

WHILE no official information is available, it is believed at Canberra that the Federal Parliament will meet for a brief session…

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N.S.W. Labor Senate Ballot. How Candidates Fared

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 18

THE counting of the primary votes in the New South Wales Labor Senate ballot was finalised last week. The votes received by the various candidates were as…

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Election of Mayor. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 11

The town clerk of the newly-constituted municipality of Gosford has issued summonses to the nine aldermen elected on Saturday to attend the first meeting of the council on…

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Fed. Labor to Make Hay Sniping Tactics for Next Session Election Capital in P.M.'s Absence Canberra

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 4

AN irritation campaign will be launched by Federal Labor, when the House of Representatives meets in April…

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Fire Commissioners. Candidates for Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 4

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) has advised that the following nominations have been received for the election of members of the Board of Fire Commissioners, which…

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Cleaning Up of Federal Parliament a Long Task for "Club" Staff in Canberra Canberra

The Sun · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 22

FEDERAL Parliament House is being given a thorough clean-up. It is no easy task. There are 182 rooms in the building and more than 100 legislators and an army of officials…

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Regency Act. King's Message to Parliament. (British Official Wireless and Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 11

The King's message asking for the passing of legislation to establish a Regency was presented to the Speaker of the House of Commons (Mr. E. A. FitzRoy) by the Prime Minister…

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Stir on Sackings at Dock Men 'Black-Listed' Is Claim In Brit. Parliament Censure Move London, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 1

ON the ground that the men had been "black-listed" and had been condemned to industrial death, Mr. Greenwood…

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Impersonation at Civic Election Returning Officer Tells

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 3

At the recent municipal by-election in Auburn, three votes were recorded in the name of one man, and two each in the names of three women…

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