1941 Sydney City Council election
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The 1941 Sydney City Council election was held on 6 December 1941 to elect councillors to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia.[1]
The election saw the Civic Reform Association, which had controlled the council since 1930, re-elected. Suffrage was extended to all adult residents, however turnout was lower than the previous election in 1937.[1][2]
Campaign
[edit]The Sun observed that there was a "mysterious appearance of "illegal" how-to-vote cards in Macquarie Ward" on the day of the election, which saw Civic Reform preference Official Labor over the State Labor Party.[1]
Prior to the election, Fitzroy Ward alderman Arthur McElhone rejoined Civic Reform to contest as an endorsed candidate.[3]
Phillip Ward was uncontested.[1]
Results
[edit]Fitzroy
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Reform | Arthur McElhone | 1,715 | |||
| Labor | Maurice Curotta | 701 | |||
| H. W. Watkins | 292 | ||||
| P. McDonnell | 281 | ||||
| K. S. Williams | 236 | ||||
| E. P. Tressider | 85 | ||||
| J. Bradley | 83 | ||||
| H. Alexander | 56 | ||||
| J. S. Garden | 43 | ||||
| H. N. Gilmour | 24 | ||||
| T.C. McGillick | 18 | ||||
| J. B. Sweeney | 16 | ||||
| G. Cunningham | 15 | ||||
| A. P. Richardson | 12 | ||||
| J. Wright | 11 | ||||
Flinders
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tom Shannon | 1,021 | |||
| Labor | Dan Minogue | 347 | |||
| Independent | Barney McDonnell | 128 | |||
| Labor | John James Carroll | 111 | |||
| D. M. Grant | 85 | ||||
Gipps
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Reform | E. S. Marks | 1,275 | |||
| B. C. Walters | 518 | ||||
| A. J. Buckingham | 225 | ||||
| Civic Reform | Stanley Crick | 225 | |||
| J. McMahon | 95 | ||||
| G. F. Davis | 49 | ||||
| K. Ellis | 33 | ||||
| B. E. Lewis | 16 | ||||
Macquarie
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Reform | William Neville Harding | 1,206 | |||
| State Labor | A. R. Sloss | 1,005 | |||
| Labor | E. C. Sheiles | 510 | |||
| Civic Reform | Reg Bartley | 135 | |||
| A. A. Alam | 100 | ||||
| Civic Reform | H. G. Carter | 50 | |||
| Civic Reform | F. G. Pursell | 40 | |||
| M. J. R. Hughes | 15 | ||||
| F. McCarthy | 13 | ||||
| J. H. Sydney | 13 | ||||
| R. McKenzie | 12 | ||||
| H. J. P. Woodward | 12 | ||||
| P. W. Kenna | 5 | ||||
Phillip
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Armstrong | unopposed | |||
| Labor | S. G. Molloy | unopposed | |||
| Labor | Ernest Charles O'Dea | unopposed | |||
| Labor | Paddy Stokes | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 19,000 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "City Council Victory In Elections". Trove. The Sun.
- ^ "CITIZENS' REFORM ASSOCIATION". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 March 1928. p. 21 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Ald McElhone may join up. Ald Arthur McElhone, "stormy petrel" of civic politics, may rejoin the Civic Reform Party to contest the next City Council elections as an official candidate". City of Sydney.