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Politics & elections, 1946

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Labor's Opponents Lay Foundations for Election Fight

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 12

POLITICALLY, there are two classes of people in Australia--those who support the Labor Party and those who do not, and in an election year it is inevitable that there should be a…

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3,000 French Candidates Election In June

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 3

LONDON, May 20 (A.A.P.).— Nearly 3,000 candidates have entered for the French general election to be held on June 2, says…

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By-Election In Goulburn; Liberal Attack

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 5

The Australian people were united in bitte hostility to exorbitant taxation, the leader of the State Opposition, Mr. Treatt,…

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Liberals Seek More Candidates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 4

The State President of the Liberal Party, Mr. W. H. Spooner, yesterday appealed for candidates to contest the Riverina, Hunter,…

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Federal Elections Likely in September

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 4

The Minister for Migration. Mr. [?] on Sunday night that the Federal elections would not be held until [?] in September or early in October…

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Weather Decides Election Date

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — The Federal elections will, it is expected, be held on the last Saturday in September or early in October…

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Parliament Prepares For Session

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--The present Federal Parliament will commence its last session on…

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Parliament on June 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Parliament, which adjourned on April 11 will reassemble on Tuesday, June 18. This was announced…

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Questions in Parliament

The St George Call · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 4

Mr. CARREY: Will the Minister Inform the House (1) whether the present acute shortage of nursing staff at tuberculosis and maternity hospitals is likely…

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C. P. Candidate's Prospects in Goulburn By-Election Bright

The Land · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 3

PROSPECTS of the Country Party candidate, Mr. W. R. Bladwell, in the Goulburn byelection on June 1, are regarded as…

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Labor Candidate for N T. Seat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 4

DARWIN, Thursday.--Dr. Leigh Wallman, of Katherine, has been endorsed as the Labor candidate for the Northern Territory seat at the Federal…

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Army March Postponed Czech Elections Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 1

LONDON, May 23.—At the request of the Czechoslovakian Government, about 100,000 Russian troops, including several…

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R.S.L. President's Election "Not Straight" Beaten Candidate Demands Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 9

Allegations that the election of the R.S.L. State President was "not straight" were made at the meeting last night of the R.S.L. Eastern Metropolitan Council…

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C.p. Candidate for Gwydir

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 3

INVERELL, Friday.—The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. Scully, will have three, possibly four, opponents in his electorate of…

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Complaint on R.s.l. Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 May 1946 · page 4

A complaint that he had been given no opportunity to appoint a scrutineer to look after his interests was made by a candidate for the State…

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PARLIAMENT Debates would be lively

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 May 1946 · page 26

The next (and last) session of the present Federal Parliament, to commence on June 18, would probably be the…

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ELECTIONS Menzies could feel a "swing"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 May 1946 · page 26

A date for the general Federal elections had yet to be fixed, but was tipped for late September or early October…

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Labour Victory at By-election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE. Sunday.—Mr. James Donald (Labour) won the Bremer State by-election yesterday by more than 2,000 votes…

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Italian Election Fever

The Sun · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 1

ROME, Monday.--With less than a week till polling day, election feyer in Italy has reached its peak. Red, white, and green posters plaster every wall in Rome, and…

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Big Vote for Communists Czech Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 May 1946 · page 3

LONDON, May 27 (A.A.P.).— In the Czechoslovak Republic's first general elections since May, 1935, the Communist Party has emerged…

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