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Politics & elections, 1951

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Govt. Defeat Tipped I[?] Vic. After By-Election

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The defeat of Victorian's minor Country Party Government is expected to follow the election of Liberal-Country Party candidate at the Bendigo Legislative Coun[?] by-election last Saturday…

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Govt. Defeat Tipped In Vic. After By-Election

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The defeat of Victoria's minority Country Party Government is expected to follow the election of the Liberal-Country Party candidate at the Bendigo Legislative Council by-election last Saturday…

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Parliament Is Dissolved Liberal-C.P. Election Move

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, and the Governor-General, Mr. McKell, yesterday signed the Proclamation dissolving the 19th…

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Party Leaders Prepare for Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 3

Leaders of all political parties held conferences yesterday to work out their campaigns for the general elections to be held on April 28. LEFT: Mr. W. E. Dickson, M.L.C., A.L.P. campaign director; Mr. J. A. Ferguson, M.L.C., Federal President of the A.L.P.; Mr. W. Coulter, M.L.O, industrial organiser and Mr. C. Anderson, organising secretary (standing at right). RIGHT: The Minister for Social Services, Mr. W. Spooner; the Minister for Supply,…

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Women discuss election campaign

The Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 15

The meeting of the women's group of the NSW Liberal Party at Federation House…

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After the election we'll still have the Senate the cause of it all

The Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 20

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Man being essentially a creature of custom, his institutions are prone to linger on, unchanged and unchangeable, long after their functions have either vanished or been reduced to empty pretension…

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Election Planners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 5

LABOR PARTY leaders discussing election plans at the Trades Hall yesterday. They are, from left (front row): the campaign director (Mr. W. Dixon), the Federal president of the…

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Liquor report after election

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 5

The Liberal Party State Council decided last night to withhold a report on liquor until after the…

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Liberal Leader Praises Parties' Election Pact

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

The State president off the Liberal Party (Mr. Lyle Moore) hailed the pact today as the best possible augury for success of both parties in the election." He said the Importance…

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A.L.P. Leaders Meet To-day Election Policy To Be Decided

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 3

Labour's policy for the Federal election campaign will be decided in Canberra to-day and to-morrow. Campaign directors from all States will…

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Make “No Conscription” an election issue says big rally

Tribune · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

All candidates in the coming election campaign should be asked to “state squarely where they stand on conscription” and support should be given to those who opposed it…

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Peace, Liberty, Lower Prices R. Dixon issues election call

Tribune · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 1

“Central issue of the coming Federal elections is whether our country is to pursue a policy of peace or whether we are to follow the path of war, which is the policy of the Menzies Government as a satellite of America.”…

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Speeding-up of Campaign Plans Election Parties Meeting

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 6

Vital meetings of all parties today are speeding preparations for the opening of the…

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Speeding-up of Campaign Plans Election Parties Meeting

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 6

Vital meetings of all parties today are speeding preparations for the opening of the…

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Speeding-up of Campaign Plans Election Parties Meeting

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 6

Vital meetings of all parties today are speeding preparations for the opening of the…

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Speeding-up of Campaign Plans Election Parties Meeting

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 6

Vital meetings of all parties today are speeding preparations for the opening of the…

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Speeding-up of Campaign Plans Election Parties Meeting

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 6

Vital meetings of all parties today are speeding preparations for the opening of the…

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Lebanon Election

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 28

LONDON.--Paris Radio reports that the general elections in the Republic of Lebanon will take place…

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"Inflation and Free Unions" Labour's Election Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 1

Outstanding moves in the Federal election campaign last night were:— Labour: The executive of the N.S.W. branch of the A.L.P. passed a declaration in…

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To Seek Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 12

Mr. R. H. Leonard, owner of Doncaster Handicap candidate Desert Warrior, will contest a vacancy on the V.A.T.C…

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