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Politics & elections, 1964

69 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 4

Communist election call

Tribune · Wednesday 2 December 1964 · page 1

THE most effective use of the Senate election as a protest against the Menzies Government's policies is to…

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Communists' triumph in Italian elections

Tribune · Wednesday 2 December 1964 · page 4

The result of the Italian Municipal elections on November 22 shows that the swing to the left continues, with important new victories to the Italian Communist Party. THE result is a crushing…

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Re-election is expected

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 8 December 1964 · page 1

The Mayor of Holroyd, Ald. M. Bennett, is expected to be elected for his tenth term in office tonight. Council will elect its…

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Re-election is expected

The Biz · Wednesday 9 December 1964 · page 2

The Mayor of Holroyd, Ald. M. Bennett, is expected to be elected for his tenth term in office tonight. Council will elect its…

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Election reveals solid base against war EDITORIAL

Tribune · Wednesday 9 December 1964 · page 2

The Menzies Government can be expected to treat fine Senate election result as a mandate for unlimited expansion of the plans for war in South-East Asia, including…

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Independent Take Over at Election

The Biz · Wednesday 16 December 1964 · page 6

Former Mayor of Fairfield, Aid. V. H. Wenban, was re-elected to office at a special meeting of council last week. Following-his election, independent aldermen said the tables had turned and Labor…

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election gerrymander Senate count rocks Playford

Tribune · Wednesday 16 December 1964 · page 8

ADELAIDE: The counting of Senate votes in South Australia highlights Playford's gerrymander of electorates, revealing that he has no right to govern. Of the 466,427 votes counted at time of writing the Labor Party has won 238,523 first…

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Plasterers' elections

Tribune · Wednesday 16 December 1964 · page 3

ADELAIDE: Plasterers have expressed their confidence in the united progressive leadership of their union by electing unopposed…

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Election fraud in Br. Guiana

Tribune · Monday 21 December 1964 · page 7

"NEVER in British colonial history has an election been so gerrymandered as in British…

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