Garden Chosen As Cook Candidate
Cook Federal Electorate Council has selected Mr. J.S. Garden as the official Labor candidate for Cook at next Federal elections…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Politics & elections, 1940
1,681 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 85
Parliament to Sit Early Southern Members' Train Hurried CANBERRA
Special train arrangements have been made so that members from southern States will arrive in Canberra an hour and a half earlier than…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ermington By-election
Two candidates will go to the poll on June 29 to fill the Ermington Ward vacancy in Ermington-Rydalmere Council caused by the enlistment of Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Would Defer Elections
Parramatta Council decided last night to inform the Local Government Association that it favored postponement of the municipal elections…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Postpone Them" Local Government Elections
Most of them stating that personally they didn't care which way it went, Blacktown shire councillors last week unanimously expressed the view…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federal Election-- When and Why?
What has become of the proposal that the very murky political atmosphere in this country should be cleared by an immediate general election? It is now some time since Sir Earle Page, falling in line with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Against Putting Off Elections
The City Council does not favor postponement of the municipal elections until after the war. This was made clear at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Elections for Councils Banned Govt. Forbids Voting Till After The War
STATE Cabinet yesterday decided to postpone the holding of all shire and municipal elections in New South Wales for the period of the war and 12 months thereafter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Municipal Elections
Municipal elections for the duration of the war and a year after will be cancelled by a decision of State Cabinet yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Government. No Elections During War
The State Cabinet decided yesterday to postpone the local government elections from the first Saturday in December next, when they are due to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local Government Elections. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—It is a mistake for the State Government to postpone the approaching local government elections until 12 months after the end of the war. A ground given is that it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Elections for Councils. Wide Support for Postponement
Of the 300 councils in New South Wales circularised by the Local Government Association, 100 favour postponement of the local government…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Flying Fists In Parliament
FISTS flew and blood flowed, and the parliamentary fire tongs played a part in an after-lunch scene that shattered the calm of the club-room…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Candidates for the Ministry
The attention of superintendents of circuits and of candidates is drawn to certain matters relating to procedure connected with candidature and the entrance examination. The General…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Deferring Civic Elections Government Action Supported
The Government's decision to postpone municipal elections till after the war was supported to-day by the senior vice-president of the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Free Speech Letters From Readers Putting Off Elections
Sir,--According to Press reports, the Federal Government is contemplating prolonging the life of Parliament to avoid an election during…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lecture by Labor Candidate
"The Scene Abroad" is the title of the lecture to be given to-morrow night by Mr. Rupert Lockwood, selected Labor candidate for Martin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election Move C.P. Seeks Longer Life For House CANBERRA
COUNTRY Party members on the adjournment of the House of Representatives to-day urged Cabinet to set machinery in motion immediately to enable the Federal elections to be postponed indefinitely…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Delay Elections Move by Federal Members Canberra
Government members suggested in Parliament today that the Federal elections should be postponed because…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →