Rise of Australia

Chapter 14 Election Spectacular
On September 1900, 5, the streets of Sydney.

Henry was walking on the streets of Sydney as usual. His destination was the government building where he had worked for half his life. Now it has changed its name to the New South Wales State House.

In order to make room for the upcoming House of Commons elections, many government agencies have been relocated in the past two days, giving up their original places to the State House of Representatives.

"Mr. Henry, good morning, are you going to participate in the parliamentary election?" On the street, an aunt who obviously knew Henry saw him, and immediately stepped forward and said excitedly.

"Oh, it's Ms. Katie, how is your son? Is he feeling better?" Henry quickly recognized the person who greeted him, and responded with a smile.

"It was really thanks to you that day. If you hadn't lent me 7 pounds, I'm afraid that Lump's illness would not be cured." Speaking of her son, Katie seemed to start talking, looking at Henry gratefully, while said happily.

There is no clear statistics on the per capita income of Australia, but in 1899, the per capita annual income of the British was about 50 pounds, and the annual income of a skilled worker had reached about 200-400 pounds.

Please don't be confused by this data. The reason why Britain's per capita income is so huge is that it has actually absorbed a lot of wealth from the major colonies.

As a senior official of the Sydney city government, Henry's annual income is only about 20 pounds, which is enough to see the gap between the British mainland and the colonies.

Being able to lend one-third of his annual income to someone who has nothing to do with him is enough to show Henry's courage and love.

"It's all small things. Besides, after His Highness Arthur came to Australia, he directly exempted most of our taxes. Compared with what His Highness did, what I did is nothing." Henry waved his hand quickly and said .

"That's true, but in any case, Mr. Henry, you are as good as His Highness. Australia has a great monarch like His Highness, and an excellent official like Mr. Henry. Why can't it be revived?" Kai Dee smiled gently and said.

Arthur has become the great ruler in the hearts of all Australians since Arthur announced the tax cuts across Australia a few days ago.

After all, for all ordinary people, what can give them practical benefits is truly great.

"Okay, Mr. Henry. Go get busy. I will definitely vote for you. I wish you success in the election." Seeing that it was getting late, Katie quickly ended the chat with Henry.

Although Henry's residence is only a little over ten minutes away from the current State House, it took him half an hour to arrive because he encountered acquaintances on the road from time to time.

Simply Henris also anticipated this situation in advance, so he set off half an hour earlier, and only then did he catch up with the opening of the House of Commons elections.

In order to get as many Australians as possible to vote, the House of Commons elections will be held simultaneously in three cities in each state.

Sydney, where Henry is located, is the capital of Australia and also the most populous city in Australia.

There are 198 seats in the House of Commons, with New South Wales, the most populous state, allocated 71.Sydney, the most populous state in New South Wales, also gets 22 seats.

But this does not mean that it is easier to succeed in the election in Sydney. On the contrary, Sydney is the most populous city in Australia with a total population of 42.

The population eligible to run for the election has reached a terrifying 30 or more. Even if most people have no intention of running for the election, there are definitely not a few competitors.

Under such circumstances, Henris is already prepared to lose the election to the House of Commons. After all, even if he fails to run for the House of Commons, as long as he has a good number of votes, he will enter the lower-level New South Wales State House.

The seats in the State House are changed according to the state population. This time there are 136 seats in the New South Wales State House, and Henry is still very confident that he will fight for it.

Walking into the gate of the state house, Henry discovered that the number of candidates for this election was far beyond his expectations.

The seemingly huge state house is already crowded with voters.Even if most of them were not candidates, it was enough to shock Henry.

Originally, according to Henry's prediction, today is the first day of the election. Many people should be watching and planning. Why is the State House crowded with people on the first day?
All this may only be attributed to Arthur's appeal in the hearts of all Australians now.

It was only the first day of the election, and a large number of citizens of Sydney had already participated in the election, and many people were still coming, even though the State House did not even have a foothold at this time.

"Henris, hey! Here!" Just when Henry was at a loss, a familiar voice caught Henry's attention.

Looking around, it was Henry's colleague and friend, Martin.

Henris was overjoyed, hurriedly walked over, and said with a smile: "Martin! Are you also here to participate in the election of the House of Commons?"

"Of course!" Martin nodded as a matter of course, and said, "This is a right we have never had. Since His Highness has granted it to us, why should we give it up?"

"How is the situation now? About how many candidates are there today?" Henry asked curiously, looking at the crowd around him.

"Haha, do you know what time I came in the morning? Henry." Martin didn't answer directly, but smiled mysteriously.

"What time? Did you come at five or six o'clock in the morning?" Henry asked incredulously, looking at his friend in disbelief.

He knows the virtues of his friends, and he can do anything for the things he is interested in.But isn't it a little too crazy to come to the state capitol at five or six in the morning?You must know that the election officially starts at eight o'clock, and what else can there be besides facing the very familiar wooden door when it comes at five or six o'clock?
"bingo! You guessed it bro. You know what I saw in the morning? Full of people! These guys are crazy, I thought five or six in the morning would be early enough, who would have thought to wait for me When I arrived, the door was already full of people? If I hadn’t been familiar with the terrain, I wouldn’t even have a place to sit, and I’d have to wait until now.” Martin looked at Henry with an expression that you couldn’t believe. Bitter water.

Originally, Martin thought that coming early in the morning would give him the upper hand. Who would have thought that Martin was not the only one who had the same idea. The state house, which officially started elections at [-] o'clock, was already full of people at [-] o'clock in the morning?
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