FEDERAL ELECTION
GOVERNMENT IN LEAD MAJORITY IN HOUSE AHEAD IN SENATE COUNT SAVE IN N.S.W. LARGEST INDIVIDUAL VOTE FOR MR MENZIES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.8 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The latest figures in the Federal election indicate the state of parties as:— Government 39 Labour 30 Doubtful 5 Labour may win all five of the doubtful seats. At the present stage of the counting, Mr R. G. Menzies (Federal Prime Minister) has gained the largest individual vote in the whole of Australia. The counting of the Senate votes has improved the Government’s position in all States and a win for the Ministerial parties in every State except New South Wales is still expected. The percentage of informal votes is very high. There were nearly 250,000 informal votes in the Senate returns for all States excluding Western Australia.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 September 1940, Page 6
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140FEDERAL ELECTION Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 September 1940, Page 6
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