1894 Aberdare Urban District Council election
The first election to the Aberdare Urban District Council was held in December 1894.[1] It was followed by the 1896 election.
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There were five wards, namely Aberaman (also known as No. 5 Ward), Blaengwawr (also known as No. 4 Ward), Gadlys (also known as No. 2 Ward), Llwydcoed (also known as No. 1 Ward), and the Town Ward (also known as No. 3 Ward). Three members were elected from each ward making a total of fifteen members on the authority. In subsequent elections a third of the council would be elected each year. Therefore, the members returned at the head of the poll would serve until 1898, those in second place until 1897 and those in third place until 1896. Rhys Hopkin Rhys, chair of the previous Local Board of Health became the first chairman of the Urban District Council.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edmund Mills Hann | 697 | ||||
Rev Thomas Humphreys | 645 | ||||
Thomas Rees | 428 | ||||
Lib-Lab | Phillip Daniel Rees | 368 |
Blaengwawr Ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morgan John | 767 | ||||
David Price Davies | 600 | ||||
John Howell | 549 | ||||
John Simon | 422 |
Gadlys Ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Thomas | 721 | ||||
Rev Benjamin Evans | 503 | ||||
Griffith George | 458 | ||||
John David Rees | 419 | ||||
David Davies | 334 | ||||
Daniel Tudor Williams | 311 | ||||
William Walker | 302 | ||||
Evan Hopkins | 198 | ||||
John Thomas | 134 |
Llwydcoed Ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rees Hopkin Rhys | 684 | ||||
Rees Llewellyn | 640 | ||||
Owen Harris | 623 | ||||
John William Evans | 525 | ||||
Labour | David Morgan | 198 |
Town Ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edward Morgan | 837 | ||||
David Williams | 639 | ||||
Thomas Thomas | 618 | ||||
David Davies | 493 | ||||
Joseph Price | 474 |
References
edit- ^ "The Elections". Aberdare Times. 22 December 1894. Retrieved 23 October 2013.