POLITICS IN AUSTRALIA

Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 3996, 10 April 1933, Page 8

POLITICS IN AUSTRALIA

THE TWO ELECTIONS PAINTER. NOT CUT (Anst. and N.Z. Cable) (Received April IU, 2 p.m.) Perth, April 10 By a two to one majority the TVest Australians voted in favour of secession from the Commonwealth. On the other hand, the Nationalist Party, which had led the secession campaign, was defeated and the Labour Party was returned to power with a su list a ntial ma jority. The voting was as follows: For secession. Oil,911(1, ag'ainsl, dti, OTL For a convention 42,475, against 56,228. Sir Harrison Moore, a Commonwealth Constitutional (authority, points out that the for secession has no legal effect, but stands only as an expression of opinion. The state of political parties is as follows : Labour 4, Country Party 12. Nationalists 8. Premier Mitchell was defeated after being 28 years in Parliament as the representative of N ortham. The M mister of Mines. Air Seadden, was defeated at Maylands. The Country Party remains unchanged, in its strength . IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA Adelaide, April 10 The probable composition ol the new House will be as follows: Liberal and Country Party 28, 1 \'n rljiam ent ary Labour Party 4, Australian Labour Party 7, Lang- Labour Party 5. Single Tax Party 2, Independents 2. Only about 50 per cent of tinpeople exercised their franchise ! and of these about 5 per cent. ! recorded informal votes. For the Legislative Council j flic state of parties will pro- j bably be: Liberal and Country | League 16, Australian Labour I 1, Independents 2, Parliament- I ary Party 1.