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Politics & elections, 1946

2,379 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 119

Parliament On Air In July

The Sun · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.--It is expected that Federal Parliament will be on the air by the middle of July…

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Election of Navy Bean Board

The Land · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 8

A poll for the election of live producers' representatives to the Navy Bean Marketing Hoard will be held on July 3…

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La Scene Politique a deux jours des elections generals PARIS, 27 mai

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 1

M. GOUIN, a été recu samedi à Lille [?] ie maire de la ville, le Général Chaillot, et les autorités civiles et [?]litaires, les honneurs militaies [?]…

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By-election in Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 2

Voting to-morrow in the by-election for the Goulburn seat in the Legislative Assembly is expected to be close. At the 1944 elections the retiring member, Mr…

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Communist Candidate

Tribune · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 7

Having covered the immediate area from Lake Illawarra to Scarborough, addressing Communist Party branch meetings and cottage lectures,…

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Goulburn Test For Elections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 6

All parties regard the Goulburn by-election today as a test vote for the Federal elections this…

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Vital French Election Communism Or Democracy Wide Range of Parties

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. -- French electors will decide tomorrow whether Communism or traditional democracy is to prevail in France…

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A.l.p. Chooses Candidate for Kooyong Seat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Mr. A. W. Nicholls, a member of the Clerks' Union, will oppose the Leader of the Opposition (Mr…

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A.l.p. Chooses Candidate for Kooyong Seat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Mr. A. W. Nicholls, a member of the Clerks' Union, will oppose the Leader of the Opposition (Mr…

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Vital French Election Communism Or Democracy Wide Range of Parties

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. -- French electors will decide tomorrow whether Communism or traditional democracy is to prevail in France…

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Broadcasting of Parliament

The Sun · Sunday 2 June 1946 · page 6

EQUIPMENT will be ready for the opening of Parliament on June 18, but the first broadcast is not likely to take…

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Ku Klux Klan raises head in Georgia's bitter elections ATLANTA (Georgia)

The Sun · Sunday 2 June 1946 · page 2

THE Ku Klux Klan has become a hot issue in the campaign for the election of Georgia's Governor. Governor Ellis Arnall, who announced he'd seek, through…

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Labor holds Goulburn despite slide Majority drops sharply at by-election

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 2 June 1946 · page 2

GOULBURN, Sat.--Mr. L. Tully (Labor) at 10.30 o'clock tonight appeared certain to win the Goulburn by-election by a narrow margin. The results showed a considerable swing…

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LABOR For a safe seat, many candidates

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 2 June 1946 · page 22

Covetous eyes were cast on Hindmarsh, super-safe Labor seat to be vacated by Australia's Ambassador-to-be…

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TODAY: Political Roundabout the Coal Talks An election bogy was pushed neatly aside

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 2 June 1946 · page 22

AT week's end Federal Labor's backbenchers had the appearance of men suddenly reprieved from a political death sentence. They unhunched their…

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Parliament on Air Soon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 5

Parliamentary debates will be broadcast from Canberra for the first time as a regular practice soon after Parliament resumes this…

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French Vote on Reds Catholics Polling Well Parties on Same Basis

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Monday. -- First results of the French elections yesterday indicate that there Will not he any great change…

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Goulburn By-Election Has A Lesson For Both Parties

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 8

THERE is no doubt that Mr. L. Tully will win the Goulburn by-election for Labor…

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Mob Violence at Elections Armed Gangs In France, Italy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.--Violence and hooliganism marked the French and Italian general flections today. In Paris, truckloads of men armed with…

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Labor Decline Seen in Voting Goulburn Election Result Indicates 'Loss Of Six Seats'

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 9

Result of the Goulburn by-election showed that the Labor Party would lose six, possibly eight, seats at the next Federal general election, a Liberal Party spokesman said last night…

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