The Cambridge History of the British Empire: pt. 1. Australia. pt. 2. New ZealandArthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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Page 441
... electors had not voted on party lines , but had shown a marked preference for staunch federalists . In New South Wales Edmund Barton , the acknowledged leader of the movement , headed the poll ; in Victoria Quick came second to Sir ...
... electors had not voted on party lines , but had shown a marked preference for staunch federalists . In New South Wales Edmund Barton , the acknowledged leader of the movement , headed the poll ; in Victoria Quick came second to Sir ...
Page 469
... electors by referendum . Such a course , not being authorised by the constitution , was without legal value , whatever its result , but the Government hoped that , if the majority of the electors declared for conscription , the Senate ...
... electors by referendum . Such a course , not being authorised by the constitution , was without legal value , whatever its result , but the Government hoped that , if the majority of the electors declared for conscription , the Senate ...
Page 494
... electors . Perhaps , in the end , the party lost more than it gained . But these gains and losses belong to a later period : in 1900 it would have been difficult to prophesy in detail the future of the party , because , as yet , it had ...
... electors . Perhaps , in the end , the party lost more than it gained . But these gains and losses belong to a later period : in 1900 it would have been difficult to prophesy in detail the future of the party , because , as yet , it had ...
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