LABOUR CONTESTING ALL BUT ONE SEAT
■ \dy--\- ■' ■• ,'S>-PN EY, Sept. 4. At.thc PeclerqJ elec^iftUs dn Septem ber |cpnt.fe|;t 75 seats.,v incJudki g ,tiie .jSoi;theri| ^en?itory' for tlie House ol! RepresQiitati^es. y At the last;; electioit th'ere were 338 candidates. Fifty-eig'ht, candidates are contestirig seats in the Senate as against 70 last time. O11 this occasion the Australian Labour Partv is contesting all oxcept one seat. The Liberai Partv is contesting (50, the Country Partv 24, Ihe Ser vice Party 1(5, the Communists 14, and Lang Labour 11. The greatest number of contestants for a single division is 10 noininateJ for Newcastle. Many electorates will see a straight fight between Labour and the Opposition. A great ma.jority have three or less candidates. Noininations closed yesterday.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 September 1946, Page 5
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