The 1944 Sydney City Council election was held on 2 December 1944 to elect 20 councillors to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia.[2]
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| Turnout | 22.5%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election saw the Civic Reform Association, which had controlled the council since 1930, re-elected.[3]
Lang Labor came close to a victory in Phillip Ward, where Horace Foley had the second-highest primary vote. However, Labor retained all four seats.[4]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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| Civic Reform | 4,032 | 34.44 | 12 | 
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| Labor | 3,819 | 32.61 | 8 |
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| Lang Labor | 2,938 | 25.09 | 0 |
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| Independent | 920 | 7.86 | |||||
| Formal votes | 11,709 | 100.0 | |||||
Fitzroy
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Civic Reform | Arthur McElhone (elected) | 1,267 | 45.5 | ||
| Lang Labor | P. McDonnell | 548 | 19.7 | ||
| Independent | E. P. Tressider | 495 | 17.8 | ||
| Independent | J. H. Catts | 168 | 6.0 | ||
| Civic Reform | William James Bradley (elected) | 130 | 4.7 | ||
| Independent | N. C. Jackson | 56 | 2.0 | ||
| Civic Reform | Kenneth Stewart Williams (elected) | 36 | 1.3 | ||
| Independent | G. Harrington | 27 | 1.0 | ||
| Lang Labor | T. A. H. Mooney | 26 | 0.9 | ||
| Civic Reform | William Parker Henson (elected) | 12 | 0.4 | ||
| Lang Labor | V. R. Maney | 11 | 0.4 | ||
| Lang Labor | C. L. Wagner | 6 | 0.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,782 | ||||
Flinders
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | John James Carroll (elected) | 1,178 | 43.1 | ||
| Lang Labor | N. C. Christie | 838 | 30.7 | ||
| Labor | Tom Shannon (elected) | 292 | 10.7 | ||
| Labor | Dan Minogue (elected) | 229 | 8.4 | ||
| Lang Labor | R. B. White | 73 | 2.7 | ||
| Lang Labor | B. Cooley | 62 | 2.3 | ||
| Labor | Anthony Doherty (elected) | 34 | 1.2 | ||
| Lang Labor | E. J. McKenna | 25 | 0.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,731 | ||||
Gipps
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Civic Reform | Ernest Samuel Marks (elected) | 1,093 | 67.0 | ||
| Lang Labor | Susan Francis | 224 | 13.7 | ||
| Civic Reform | Reginald James Bartley (elected) | 158 | 9.7 | ||
| Lang Labor | E. J. O'Reilly | 39 | 2.4 | ||
| Lang Labor | E. P. McCudden | 38 | 2.3 | ||
| Civic Reform | James McMahon (elected) | 38 | 2.3 | ||
| Civic Reform | Stanley Crick (elected) | 33 | 2.0 | ||
| Lang Labor | R. McPherson | 9 | 0.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,632 | ||||
Macquarie
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Civic Reform | William Neville Harding (elected) | 1,112 | 55.7 | ||
| Labor | J. S. Garden | 573 | 28.7 | ||
| Labor | E. S. Glasgow | 122 | 6.1 | ||
| Civic Reform | William Becker (elected) | 75 | 3.8 | ||
| Civic Reform | Herbert Gordon Carter (elected) | 45 | 2.3 | ||
| Civic Reform | Frank Grenville Pursell (elected) | 33 | 1.7 | ||
| Labor | E. C. Sheiles | 24 | 1.2 | ||
| Labor | A. W. Thompson | 14 | 0.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,998 | ||||
Phillip
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Ernest Charles O'Dea (elected) | 1,075 | 41.9 | ||
| Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 998 | 38.9 | ||
| Labor | John Armstrong (elected) | 188 | 7.3 | ||
| Independent | L. Drury | 141 | 5.5 | ||
| Labor | Paddy Stokes (elected) | 54 | 2.1 | ||
| Labor | Sydney George Molloy (elected) | 36 | 1.4 | ||
| Independent | E. Taylor | 33 | 1.3 | ||
| Lang Labor | S. H. Howey | 22 | 0.9 | ||
| Lang Labor | J. Barry | 15 | 0.6 | ||
| Lang Labor | L. C. Killmore | 4 | 0.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,566 | ||||
References
edit- ^ Golder, Hilary. "A short electoral history of the Sydney City Council" (PDF). City of Sydney. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Local Government Election Results". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Little Interest in Local Elections". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Sweeping victory for Civic Reform in City poll". The Sun. 3 December 1944.
- ^ "Labour gets control of Sydney Council". The West Australian. 6 December 1948.
- ^ "Election of Aldermen of the City of Sydney". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 6 December 1944.
- ^ "Official Labor Wins Phillip Ward". Daily Mirror.