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12 hours ago · Tony Parkes, 74, American folk dancer and choreographer. Don Penny, 91, American actor (12 O'Clock High, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, The Lieutenant) and comedian. Bernard Pivot, 89, French journalist and talk show host (Bouillon de culture), chairman of the Académie Goncourt (2014–2020), cancer.
12 hours ago · On 27 May 1939, Lancelot Spurr ( Labor) was elected to succeed Joseph Lyons ( UAP) as the member for Wilmot. On 2 March 1940, John Dedman ( Labor) was elected to succeed Richard Casey ( UAP) as the member for Corio. On 13 August 1940, three UAP cabinet ministers, Geoffrey Street ( Corangamite ), James Fairbairn ( Flinders) and Sir Henry Gullett ...
12 hours ago · Walter F. Parkes: Walter F. Parkes Call + Response: 2008: Justin Dillon: Justin Dillon Call Me Kuchu: 2012: Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright: Jeffrey Blitz, Malika Zouhali-Worrall Call Me Lucky: 2015: Bobcat Goldthwait: Clinton Trucks and Charlie Fonville: Call of the Ice: 2016: Mike Magidson, Xavier Liberman: Caroline ...
12 hours ago · The 1910 New South Wales state election involved 90 electoral district returning one member each.. This was the first NSW election using a second ballot system.All previous elections had used a first past the post voting system, where a candidate might be elected with less than 50% of the vote especially where two or more similar candidates split the vote.
12 hours ago · 0.27. +0.27. 0. Total. 585,809. 90. The 1920 New South Wales state election was for 90 seats representing 24 electoral districts, with each district returning between 3 and 5 members. [1] This was the first election in New South Wales that took place under a modified Hare-Clark voting system.
12 hours ago · 1940 Australian federal election: Parkes; Party Candidate Votes % ±% United Australia: Sir Charles Marr: 28,909 50.5 -13.2 Labor: Daniel Murphy 21,565 37.7 +1.4 Independent: David Knox 6,785 11.8 +11.8 Total formal votes 57,259 98.6 Informal votes 833 1.4 Turnout: 58,092 95.6 Two-party-preferred result United Australia: Sir Charles Marr: 57.4 ...
12 hours ago · This is a list of electoral district results for the 1913 New South Wales state election. [1] If a candidate failed to achieve at least 50% of the vote in an electorate, a run-off election would take place in the following weeks. In this election, 12 electorates proceeded to second round elections, while 3 were uncontested.
