appointment · 1897
Appointment under the Australasian Federation Enabling Act 1896 (signed A. J. Peacock, Chief Secretary, 11 Feb 1897) of Chief Deputy Returning Officers for every Victorian electoral district, to run the 4 March 1897 election of Victoria's representatives to the Australasian Federal Convention - the body that drafted the Commonwealth Constitution. Schedule names one J.P./officer per district (Arthur Parker for Albert Park, Thomas John Deakin for Daylesford, etc.).
WHEREAS by the Australasian Federation Enabling Act W 1896 it is among other things enacted that the Governor, …
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Recorded in this notice
OfficialA. J. Peacock
OfficialArthur Parker, Esq.,
OfficialAlexander McKinnon, Esq., J.P.
OfficialW.L. C. Harricks, Esq., J.P.
OfficialWilliam Scott, Esq., J.P.
OfficialJoseph Thomas Sleep, Esq., J.P
OfficialAndrew White, Esq.,
OfficialArthur E. Barrington, Esq., M.B.
OfficialJohn Haig, Esq. J.P.
OfficialJames Cunningham, Esq.,
OfficialJohn Cromie, Esq., J.P
OfficialIsaac Barrow, Esq.
Victoria Government Gazette, No. 14, 15 February 1897.
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People in this noticeArthur Parker, Esq., · Alexander McKinnon, Esq., J.P. · W.L. C. Harricks, Esq., J.P. · William Scott, Esq., J.P. · Joseph Thomas Sleep, Esq., J.P · Andrew White, Esq.,
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