Confusion At Many City Polling Booths Redistribution Fogs Voters Poll Clerks Plied with Questions Sedate Election Scenes
The Sun · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 3
Reflecting the public apathy that has marked one of the quietest State election campaigns on record, unusual confusion resulted from the efforts of many New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters. To-day's Election. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 7
Sir,—The politicians have had their say. Now for the people. Their firm purpose should be to put the needs of their country—envisaged as a Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anzac Day Celebrations in Malaya — Election Eve Street Meeting — Hospital's Modern Features
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 18
Commander in Malaya Major-General Gordon Bennett (right) with the Sultan of Selangor and Lieutenant-General Bond at Anzac Day celebrations held by the A.I.F. in Malaya. Some of the 500 members of women's was organisations who assembled in Martin Place…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Birmingham By-election. London, May 9. (A.A.P.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 16
The by-election for the King's Norton division of Birmingham, which was caused by the death on active service of Mr. J. R. H. Cartland, was won by Sir Basil Peto…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Election Eve in City. Public Apathy. Din at King's Cross
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 15
The State election campaign ended last night with torrents of words To-day the halls and hustings will be silent while the electors record their…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Handy Election Scoring Sheet
The Sun · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 3
If you want to keep abreast of the election counts to-night, you will find in the issue of "Wireless Weekly" now on sale, a complete and handy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Complete Election Review
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 2
You will find a full analysis of the election position in the Sunday Telegraph tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remember Cricket In Heat Of Election
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 16
My mind was carried back yesterday to a grade cricket match of many years ago at Redfern Oval. North Sydney, who were playing Redfern, seemed to have the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Boisterous Election Eve Loud-speaker Duels in Many Suburbs
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 5
State election candidates gave their last messages to voters at more than 500 metropolitan meetings and hundreds of country meetings last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twenty-Hour Day For Candidate
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1941 · page 10
Mrs. Mary Quirk, Official Labor candidate for Balmain, who has had only four hours sleep a night for the past two…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sidelights From Polling Booths
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 May 1941 · page 2
U.A.P. supporters at the Sydney Town Hall hoisted a huge notice saying: "Beat Germany First." Official Labor supporters hoisted another: "Beat Germany Fast."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pre-war Election Tension Gone
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 May 1941 · page 2
Pre-war election excitement was missing from the U.A.P. headquarters last night. Only members of the party…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women's Part in Elections Politically ambitious grandmothers seek parliamentary honors
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 May 1941 · page 13
The four women candidates in the State elections were "on the job" at dawn yesterday. Two of them, Mrs. Mary Quirk, M.L.A. (Balmain), and Mrs. Lilian Fowler (Newtown), are grandmothers. Mrs. Quirk was the only one elected…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Parade of Notable Sportsmen in New Parliament
The Sun · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 16
Many men, who have had life-long associations with one sport or another, will be on the Government benches when the new State Parliament assembles. Headed by the prospective Premier,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Some of the Members Who Will Sit in New State Parliament — Free French Honour Joan of Arc
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 12
W. M. GOLLAN (Off. Lab.), Randwick. J. B. RENSHAW (Off. Lab.), Castlereagh…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Home News. State Election
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 1
The Official Labour Party, led by Mr. W. J. McKell, crushingly defeated the State Government at the elections on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A.b.c. Defends Broadcast of Elections
The Sun · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 8
"Our men are instructed to be completely impersonal on such occasions," said the Acting-General Manager of the Australian Broadcasting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London Election Reaction
Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 9
LONDON, Monday.--There is speculation in a section of the London Press whether the N. S. W. election Will be followed by a Federal general…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Booth by By- Election Win May Mean Labor Control in Australia
Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 18
Adelaide, Monday. -- An indication that Labor would control the Federal Government if the Labor candidate were succesful in the Boothby by-election was given fay Mr. Forde, Deputy Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Policeman Hanf-prints Election Ballot Papers
Daily Mirror · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 13
A POLICEMAN on duty at the polling booth in Rainbow Street Public School m the Randwick electorate on Saturday night had to convert himself into a Government Printer to avoid disfranchising a large number of electors By about [?]…
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