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NEWSFLASH: November 27th Election Date Set
The Prime Minister Jenny Shipley has just announced the election date will be November 27th.
Following a three hour caucus meeting where Mrs Shipley said there was some discussion about an early “snap” election Mrs Shipley made a small election speech before announcing the date as November 27th.
There had been considerable speculation that election day would be timed to coincide with the World Cup Rugby final on November 6th.
Alastair Thompson
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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