Select Committee on Roll-Stuffing at Avoca

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On 25 May 1892 Mr Robert Bowman, member of the Legislative Assembly for Talbot and Avoca, requested that a Select Committee be established to investigate the alleged roll stuffing at Avoca at the previous elections. The debate was adjourned until 14 September when a motion supporting the Select Committee was established.

The Committee reported to the Legislative Assembly on 19 October 1892 with the conclusion that:

the names of several persons were improperly placed on the General Roll for the Avoca division of the district of Talbot and Avoca;

that several persons wilfully and knowingly made false answers to one or more of the prescribed questions when obtaining their electors' rights; and

that the electoral registrar for the division has been guilty of grave irregularities in the issue of electors' rights.

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