M.l.c. Candidate
Mr. Charles Bridges will be a candidate in the Labor interest to till the vacancy in the Legislative Council caused by the death of the…
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Removed From Office Seeking Re-Election
WOY WOY, Friday.--Candidates for election to Woy Woy Shire Council on December 7 will include the president and two members who lost office When…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bitterest, Dirtiest American Election B.U.P. Exclusive—Wasbington
UNITED STATES electors will poll on Tuesday after the bitterest and dirtiest election campaign in the memory…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Unholy alliance in U.S. election fight New York
President Roosevelt alleged last night that Left-wing and Big Business groups had combined in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Next Tuesday's Drama of U.S. Democracy Roosevelt Is Expected to Defeat Willkie How America elects a President in America's Elections Willkie
NEXT Tuesday about 50,000,000 Americans will vote in the U.S. general…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →America's £16,000,000 Election Presidency
On Tuesday the United States will elect its President for the next four years. The Job is worth 100,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Roosevelt's Appeal. Continuing His Policies. Election Prospect. From Our Own Correspondent. Washington, Nov. 3
President Roosevelt, in a speech at Cleveland, asked for re-election for one more term as a vote of confidence to enable him to continue his policies…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Castlereagh Candidate
Mr. H. E. O. Campbell, of Gilgandra, stated to-day that, as Mr. A. W. Yeo, U.C.P. member for Castlereagh, has decided to contest Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.a.p. Man Leads in By-election
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- When counting ceased for the Polwarth State by-election today the totals were:--Guye (U.C.P.), 3431; Jackson (Lab.),…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, November 5, 1940. the American Elections
Universal interest, will be concentrated during the next twenty-four hours on the polling in the United States, which will decide whether Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Petition Yet Against Candidates' Costs
Indications are that no action will be taken by those who claimed, during the election campaign, that certain candidates were spending more than the £100 specified as the limit in the Electoral Act…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Postpone Elections
The bill to postpone the City Council municipal and shire elections in N.S.W will be introduced in the Legislative Assembly this week, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bitter Election Rivals New York
Never in the history of the United States have there been such bitter rivals for Presidency as Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Election Will Be Most Dramatic And Closest Held New York
The presidential election tomorrow is expected to be the closest and most dramatic in America's history. After months of very fierce and bitter campaigning the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labor Leaders Will Discuss Unity After By-Election
Mr. Curtin and Mr. Beasley, Federal leaders of the Official and Non-Communist Labor Parties, respectively, are expected to confer on Labor unity after the Kalgoorlie by-election on November 16…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Labor to Fight Ban on Local Government Polling
Labor is determined to resist to the utmost the Government bill to postpone municipal, shire, city, arid county council elections for 12 months, because of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland By-election. Mr. S. Theodore is Labor Candidate
Mr. S. Theodore, a brother of Mr. E. G. Theodore, former Labor Premier of Queensland and former Federal Labor Treasurer, has been selected as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Election Sequel Presentation to W. A. Wood
Mr. W. A. Wood, who at Parramatta carried the N.S.W. Labor Party's banner in the recent Federal election, was entertained at a social evening at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor Leader McKELL'S Scathing Attack on Government's Budget Hollowness of Its War Effort Exposed Hoodwinking the People by Election Window-dressing
IN the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly last week, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. W. J. McKell, made a slashing attack on the Treasurer's Budget Speech. We publish below part of his exposure of the Government's attempt to make political capital out of a virtually…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roosevelt's Chances. Small Lead Expected. Bitter Election. From Our Own Correspondent
Polling day in the Presidential election to-day found the public generally convinced that President Roosevelt will be re-elected, though probably…
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