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PAMPHLET - LABOR HOW TO VOTE IN ELECTION JULY 2016

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2016

Overview

Example of ballot paper on how to vote for Labor. It is A4 in size. One side has white background with green, red, blue and grey. Photos of Matt Keogh for Burt and Barry Winmar for Canning. House of Representative examples are green in colour. An example of Senate paper white with grey background.
On the reverse side is a photograph of Bill Shorten with Labor Party policies in a slightly translucent box on the bottom third.

Historical information

This pamphlet outlines Matt Keogh's promises if elected and how the Labor party wished for its supports to vote. He worked as a lawyer and was recognised by the Law Council of Australia in 2009. He also worked for the Commonwealth Director of Prosecutions in white collar crime. Matt also worked with Alannah MacTiernan. In 2015 he contested the federal by-election for the seat of Canning and lost. In 2016 he contested the new federal seat of Burt and won. He was re-elected in 2019.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2016.48

Item type

Documents

Width

21 cm

Height or length

30 cm

Themes

People

Social History

Inscriptions and markings

bottom right of panphlet [Authorised and Printed by P. Gorman, Australian Labor Party / 54 Cheriton Street, Perth WA 6000.]

Keywords

Federal Election 2016

SHORTEN Bill

GORMAN P

WINMAR Barry

KEOGH Matthew "Matt Mr

Year

2016

Statement of significance

This collection of election ephemera provides a snap shot into the political parties and organisations who participated in the 2016 Federal Election for the newly created Federal Division of Burt. The collection includes policies from large and small political parties and identifies issues the political parties believed were important to residents in the seat. The Federal seat of Burt was created in 2015 after the 2015 By-Election for the seat of Canning.

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