ELECTION IN BELGIUM
VOTING COMPULSORY FOR MEN POLLING ON SUNDAY BRUSSELS, Tuesday. | The people of Belgium will elect ; new members of tlie Senate and Chamber of Representatives on Sunday. Voting is compulsory for men. The only women voters are the widows of soldiers who have not married again, soldiers’ mothers and women who were imprisoned during the German occupation of the country. There is a larger list of candidates than previously, but the main contest is between the Conservatives and the divided Catholics, the Liberals and the | The Senate includes 20 co-opted : members, 40 nominees of the municipalities and the King’s two sons.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 670, 23 May 1929, Page 9
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103ELECTION IN BELGIUM Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 670, 23 May 1929, Page 9
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