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Politics & elections, 1941

1,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 75

Bombs on Parliament

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 8

I HOPE that members of our Federal Parliament in the long and frequent holidays they enjoy found time to read the news that the House…

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Bombs on Parliament

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 8

I HOPE that members of our Federal Parliament in the long and frequent holidays they enjoy found time to read the news that the House…

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Bombs on Parliament

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 8

I HOPE that members of our Federal Parliament in the long and frequent holidays they enjoy found time to read the news that the House…

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Short Sitting of New Parliament

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 15

The Premier (Mr. McKell) announced today that the State Parliament would meet next Wednesday…

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Short Sitting of New Parliament

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 15

The Premier (Mr. McKell) announced today that the State Parliament would meet next Wednesday…

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Short Sitting of New Parliament

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 15

The Premier (Mr. McKell) announced today that the State Parliament would meet next Wednesday…

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An Appreciation. The Worker and the N.S.W. Election

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 14

The Editor has received the following official intimation from the Executive of the N.S.W. Branch of the Australian…

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Hornsey By-election Nominations. London, May 20. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 12

Candidates nominated for the Hornsey byelection, necessitated by the death of Captain Euan Wallace (Conservative), are Mr. Leonard David Gammans (Conservative), who is…

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Sinister Silence of Knitting Women at Boothby Election Adelaide

The Sun · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 3

From Boothby to Canberra direct is only a few hundred miles, but it is the road which since 1928, only one political aspirant has trodden…

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More Women In Boothby Outnumber Men by 7500; May Decide Election Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 7

Because women voters in the Boothby Federal electorate outnumber the men by 7558-- 40,220 to 32,662--the feminine viewpoint may decide, next Saturday's by-election…

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Senator Indignant at Candidate's Outburst

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 14

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--"I note with some satisfaction that the candidate opposing Mr. Chaffey, Junior, forfeited his deposit to a discriminating body of electors," said the Minister for Repatriation (Senator Collett) today…

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Senator Indignant at Candidate's Outburst

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 14

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--"I note with some satisfaction that the candidate opposing Mr. Chaffey, Junior, forfeited his deposit to a discriminating body of electors," said the Minister for Repatriation (Senator Collett) today…

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Senator Indignant at Candidate's Outburst

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 14

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--"I note with some satisfaction that the candidate opposing Mr. Chaffey, Junior, forfeited his deposit to a discriminating body of electors," said the Minister for Repatriation (Senator Collett) today…

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Details of Polling

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 5

The following are the final figures for the individual polling places. In the list published last week only portion of the St. Marys votes was…

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State Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 6

The State Parliament will meet at noon on Wednesday for the swearing-in of new members and the election of a Speaker and a chairman of committees…

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Menzies to Tell Parliament of Overseas Visit

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 13

CANBERRA, Thursday.--A semisecret session of Parliament will be held next week so that members can hear from the Prime Minister…

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Poll Declared Nepean Candidates Speak a Clean Election

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 1

IN an atmosphere of goodwill and friendship, and before a small audience, the poll in Nepean Electorate was declared at the…

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Fierce 48-Hour Blitz Is Raging And the Gloves Are Off in Boothby Election Adelaide

The Sun · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 3

The gloves are now really off in Boothby" was the greeting of the Postmaster-General, Senator McLeay, to the Acting- Prime Minister, Mr. Fadden, when the latter arrived in Adelaide this morning for the final 48 hours' blitz on Boothby…

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Hurstville By-election

The Propeller · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 1

An extraordinary election to fill the vacancy in Woodville Ward, Municipality of Hurstville, caused by the death of Alderman E. A. Field, took…

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Rockdale By-election. Aldermen Re-Elected

The Propeller · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 1

The three Rockdale Ward aldermen who resigned from Rockdale Council over a dispute concerning the passing of plans for the conversion…

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