FEDERAL ELECTIONS

Grey River Argus, 25 August 1934, Page 5

FEDERAL ELECTIONS

265 CANDIDATES Seven or Eight Groups (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) CANBERRA, August 23, Record nominations fur the Federa' elections on September 15. were received to-day. There are 262 cand da'es for 74 seats in the House of Reprcsejitatives. and 67 candidates for 18 vacancies in 'flu- Senate. The nominations include feuwomen, three for the Reprrse..tal ives ami one for the Sen ite. Douglas Credit candidates are ''contesting quite a number of seats m ncaily al' S ales The six chief parties comprise United Australia. Fnited Cou; try. Federal Labour, State Labour, Doug les Credit and what is known as the Libera l and Country Leigue, primarily a South Australian oigan’sation which is behii ,] the Lyons Government. Tlu'iA is also large crop of Independents and C'ommunis's. Nominations in each State for the II use of Repre entatives tire .as follows— New Smith Wales lU<. Victoria D2. Queensland 31. Tfismai.i-; 18, South Australia :?5, Western Australia 14. Noilhern Territory 3. Senate candidates; New South Wales I.“>, ViWoria S Queensland 12. Tasmania ’4. s nlli Amirali,a 7. Western Austra’iu 13. The oidv member returned unopposed is Mr Green, whose electorate of Kalgoorlie (Western Aus tralia) covers one-third of the Continent. The Prime Minister. Mr Lyons, should have an ea y victoi v for Wilmot (Tasmania), since there is no endorsed Labourite agains’ him. although this step had been threatened his only opponents being two D'ouglas Credit ites The rival Sru’lin-Lnng Labour fac tions in Now South Wales invests tho e ntests in New South Wales wi ll the same interest as at the last Federal election, as State Labour has 28. including J. S. Garden, ;i nd Eel oral Labour led by Mr Scullin. 21 nominees in the fie’d.