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LABOUR GOVERNMENT . IN QUEENSLAND SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY. "WONDERFU L ENDORSEM ENT” CLAIMED. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright> 1 (Received This Day. 12.35 p.m.) BRISBANE. March 30. On the latest election count. Labour ) appears to have 40 seats, the Country = Party 13. the United Australia Party ; 3 and Independents 2. with four doubt- > fill. All the Labour ministers were re- : turned with big majorities. Three ■ women candidates polled poorly and i each will lose her deposit. The Premier. Mr. Forgan Smith, said ' the result was a wonderful endorse--1 ment of the Labour Party’s nine years’ ’ administration. SOUTH AUSTRALIA i TRIUMPH FOR COALITION. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright! (Received This Day. 12.35 p.m.) ADELAIDE. This Day. The latest returns in the State elections show that Mr. T. Playford's Lib-eral-Country Party Government is almost certain of twenty seats, four more than in the last Parliament, which will give it an absolute majority. The state of parties in the new House will probably be: Government, 20; Labour. 12; Independent, 7. No Ministers lost, their seats. Two women candidates were defeated. The result of the election is regarded as a triumph for the Playford Administration, as it is the first time in twenty years a Government party has been returned stronger than on going to the country.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19410331.2.55

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 March 1941, Page 6

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211

RETURNED TO POWER Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 March 1941, Page 6

RETURNED TO POWER Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 March 1941, Page 6

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