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Politics & elections, 1964

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Communist candidate in Tasmanian elections

Tribune · Wednesday 15 April 1964 · page 3

Mr. Max Bound, secretary of the Communist Party in Tasmania, will be a candidate in the State elections to be held there on May 2. He will be a candidate for the…

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Bound Presents CPA Policy In Tas. Elections

Tribune · Wednesday 22 April 1964 · page 12

"The Communist Party holds that the State Government has a duty to fight for adequate funds from the Federal Government for public health, education and other services." MR. M. BOUND Communist…

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Support Given to Labor Candidate

The Biz · Wednesday 29 April 1964 · page 5

Mr. C. Earl, M.L.A., has been endorsed unopposed, as Labor's candidate for the Bass Hill electorate in the next State elections. Mr. Earl has been given full support by…

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Contested Election

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 1 May 1964 · page 2

For the first time in some ten years the position of deputy-president will be contested at the annual meeting…

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Apprentices meet on Parliament lawn

Tribune · Wednesday 13 May 1964 · page 9

CANBERRA: A meeting of about 200 Canberra apprentices, their parents and other workers, on the lawn opposite Parliament House carried a resolution expressing concern over the Government's trade training scheme…

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Fairfield Locum Likely for Parliament

The Biz · Wednesday 13 May 1964 · page 3

A doctor who is of present relieving Dr. G. Cockburn, of Smart Street, Fairfield, is a likely contender for Liberal Party endorsement for a Parramatta by-election…

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Mrs. Mary Lester candidate for Perth elections

Tribune · Wednesday 13 May 1964 · page 9

PERTH -- Municipal elections are to be held here on May 23 and Mrs. Lester, a member of the Communist Party, is contesting Osbor[?]…

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Union and Parliamentary Elections

Tribune · Wednesday 13 May 1964 · page 11

B. Taft has raised the question (Tribune, April 22) : "Why do some workers vote for our candidates in trade union elections and not in parliamentary elections"? A SHORT answer might be: we have still to find the way…

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Discussing Communist Policy New election campaign methods get results

Tribune · Wednesday 13 May 1964 · page 11

Tribune readers are invited to participate in this discussion on the policy of the Communist Party as set out in the draft document for its 20th Congress which will be held in June this year. The documents, the Program, the Draft Resolution, the Agrarian Program…

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Candidates for “Queen”

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 15 May 1964 · page 3

several girls are expected to compete for the representation of Central Synagogue youth in the JNF Youth…

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AEU members dump NCC candidate

Tribune · Wednesday 27 May 1964 · page 12

Progressive forces in the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) have scored another union election victory over reaction. THIS most recent success is…

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elections for the 1964-65 students union council ARTS John S. Anderson (Arts IV)

Tharunka · Friday 5 June 1964 · page 6

Positions held: Arts Faculty Society Committee member 1962, secretary 1963, secretary 1964; Students Union Council…

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Election shock Janner defeated as Board president

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 26 June 1964 · page 5

London (J.C.N.S.}.—For the first time in the 204-year history of the British Board of Deputies, an incumbent president was challenged for office and defeated in the election. A tense meeting of the British Board last week elected the…

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Victorian Elections Toorak Libs. Stay in Power

Tribune · Wednesday 1 July 1964 · page 12

The Bolte Liberal Government in Victoria was returned to office last Saturday. It lost one seat in the Assembly to the Country Party but gained a seat from Labor in the Legislative Council (Upper House) to give it a bare majority in this chamber for the…

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In Parliament

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 July 1964 · page 5

The Federal president of the Australian Federation of Associations of Jewish ExServicemen and Women, Mr…

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New Chief Rabbi Sydney's Say in Election

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 July 1964 · page 1

The treasurer, Dr. Hyam Owen, will represent the Great Synagogue at the Chief Rabbinate conference, to begin in London on July 12. The conference,…

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Candidate Not Quite in Touch Reader Opinion

The Biz · Wednesday 8 July 1964 · page 3

Sir,—Mr. Pardy, the Liberal Party candidate for Bass Hill, is not quite in touch with general Australian sentiment when he threatens, in the unlikely event of his…

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Strict Democracy in Wwf Elections

Tribune · Wednesday 8 July 1964 · page 3

Picture shows a Sydney waterside worker, one of the 4000 who voted last Monday to elect the Branch and…

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Greek municipal elections

Tribune · Wednesday 15 July 1964 · page 4

ATHENS: The final results of the Greek municipal elections declared last Wednesday show a tremendous advance for the United Democratic…

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Fremantle WWF elections

Tribune · Wednesday 22 July 1964 · page 11

PERTH: Committee of the Fremantle Branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation was strengthened at the recent…

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