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Politics & elections, 1946

2,379 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 119

Political Ins and Outs Cabinet was still divided over election-referendum issues

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1946 · page 6

Tight-lipped Ministers with the secret of Cabinet's referendum decision locked in their hearts dodged journalists this week. Even Prime Minister Chifley…

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Liberals Select Parkes Candidate

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 February 1946 · page 48

Mr. Athol Richardson, M.L.A. for Ashfield, and former State Treasurer, will be the Liberal Party's candidate for the Parkes seat at the Federal…

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Elections Gala Day In Russia

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

MOSCOW, Monday.-- Specially equipped planes containing polling booths visited islands and outlying…

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Russia holds an election

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 6

MOSCOW, Sunday.--Today Russia elects the members of her Supreme Soviet. The Communist and non-party bloc…

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Lib. Candidate in Warringah Chosen Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

This afternoon the Liberal Party Electorate Council for Warringah, will meet to select the Party's candidate at the…

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Lib. Candidate in Warringah Chosen Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 17

THIS afternoon the Liberal Party Electorate Council for Warringah will meet to select the Party's candidate at the next Federal election…

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100,000,000 Reds Vote First Poll Since 1937 All Candidates Are Communists

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 7

MOSCOW, Monday, --One hundred million Russians voted yesterday in the elections for the Supreme Soviet, Russia's Parliament. It was the first election since 1937 and no one…

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Lib. Candidate in Warringah Chosen Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 17

THIS afternoon the Liberal Party Electorate Council for Warringah will meet to select the Party's candidate at the next Federal election…

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Lib. Candidate in Warringah Chosen Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 17

THIS afternoon the Liberal Party Electorate Council for Warringah will meet to select the Party's candidate at the next Federal election. ,…

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Lib. Candidate in Warringah Chosen Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 17

THIS afternoon the Liberal Party Electorate Council for Warringah will meet to select the Party's candidate at the next Federal election…

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99 Per Cent. Vote In Soviet Elections

The Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 7

MOSCOW, Tuesday.--Ninetynine per cent, of the total registered electorate voted at the Soviet general elections on…

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Greek Election Rolls Complete

The Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

ATHENS, Tuesday.--The Greek electoral registers closed yesterday. The election will be held on March 31 by proportional…

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Interstate Candidate Q'land Girl For Popular Nurse

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 14

People of her home tow[?] Mackay, Queensland, are working for Nurse Jess Wright, Roya[?] Prince Alfred Hospital's entran[?]…

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Six Shot Dead in Election Feuds

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

BUENOS AIRES, Tuesday.--Six persons were killed and many injured yesterday in outbreaks of shooting in the northern and western provinces. FIVE of the deaths occurred in the…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, February 12, 1946 Elections in Russia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

Russia's general elections, heralded with a fanfare and held in a gala atmosphere, must appear to the average citizen of a Western democracy as much…

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Speculation In Henty By-Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Mr. A. W. Coles to-day sent his resignation as member for Henty to the Speaker of the House of…

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By-election for Henty. Mr. Coles Appointed

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 4

Chairman Airlines Commission. Having accepted the position of Chairman of the newly-created National Airlines…

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Russian Election Broadcasts Stalin and Molotov Speak

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

Joseph Stalin, in a broadcast speech on the eve of the Russian elections, which were held last Sunday, declared…

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Elections in Russia Inevitable Result Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 12 (A.A.P.).— Official returns of Sunday's election in the Soviet Union are expected to-day, but they will merely…

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Henty By-Election Set For March 30

The Sun · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--The Henty by-election to fill the vacancy in the House of Representatives created by the…

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