AUSTRALIAN ELECTION.
POSSIBLE 34 SEATS TO LABOUR FINAL RESULT HELD UP. SYDNEY, November 20As a result of the Feder,al general election Labour has definitely won six seats in the House of Representatives and 'has an excellent chance of winning five more. That would br'ng the party’s strength to 34 in a House of 75 members. The seats won by Labour, include three in New South Wales, one in Victoria (by default, owing to the Goverment caniddate failing, to nominate in time), one in south Australia and c,ne in Queensland. . The counting of the primary votes is being continued. The distribution of preference votes will be begun at the end of .the week. The doubtful contests will then be decided, as will the fate of the Ministerial candidates for the Senate.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5354, 21 November 1928, Page 3
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130AUSTRALIAN ELECTION. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5354, 21 November 1928, Page 3
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