1945 New York City Council election

1945 election to the New York City Council March 2026 1945 New York City Council election New York City legislative no 1943 New York City Council election 1943 1949 New York City Council election 1949 November 6, 1945 Democratic Party (United States) 14 Republican Party (United States) 3 American Labor Party 2 Liberal Party of New York 2 Communist Party USA 2 The 1945 New York City Council election was held on November 6, 1945, to elect members of the New York City Council. The election was held concurrently with the 1945 New York City mayoral election. Democrats retained their majority on the council.http://archive.fairvote.org/rcv/brochures/NYC_Success_of_Choice_Voting.pdf Choice Voting in New York City Council Elections: 1937 - 1947 FairVote 1 March 2021 The election was the last to use a system of proportional representation with the single transferable vote. The system had been adopted in 1936 and was used for council elections from 1937 until it was repealed by referendum in 1947.Proportional Representation in New York City https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol36/iss7/11/ 9 March 2026 Michigan Law ReviewAllen Joe 2023-09-13 Lessons from the history of proportional representation in America https://protectdemocracy.org/work/lessons-from-the-history-of-proportional-representation-in-america/ 2026-02-04 Protect Democracy en-USGottlieb Martin Martin Gottlieb August 11, 1991 THE REGION; The 'Golden Age' of the City Council https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/11/weekinreview/the-region-the-golden-age-of-the-city-council.html 2026-03-09 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331Prosterman Daniel O. 2013 The Politics of Electoral Reform in New York City History Defining Democracy: Electoral Reform and the Struggle for Power in New York City Oxford Academic 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195377736.003.0002 Under this system, council members were elected from large multi-member borough constituencies, which allowed representation for smaller parties such as the American Labor Party and the Communist Party USA.New York City's Experiment with Proportional Representation https://fairvote.org/new_york_citys_experiment_with_proportional_representation/ 9 March 2026 FairVote Communist Party councillors Peter Cacchione of Brooklyn At-Large, and Benjamin J. Davis Jr. of Manhattan At-Large were among the prominent members associated with the proportional representation era and were reelected during this period.7 November 1947 CACCHIONE DEAD; COUNCIL MEMBER; First Avowed Communist Ever to Hold Elective Office in State Victim of a Heart Attack https://www.nytimes.com/1947/11/07/archives/cacchione-dead-council-member-first-avowed-communist-ever-to-hold.html 15 July 2025 The New York Times New YorkBenjamin J. Davis Jr. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benjamin-J-Davis-Jr 9 March 2026 Encyclopaedia Britannica Borough constituencies Under the proportional representation system, councillors were elected from borough-wide constituencies. Elected members March 2026 Members elected, for terms commencing January 1 1946 included: Ira PalestinPalestin, Ira J. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=46218 registration 9 March 2025 OurCampaigns.com Benjamin J. Davis Jr. Peter Cacchione Louis P. GoldbergSoyer Daniel https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv1hw3x50.2 Left in the Center: The Liberal Party of New York and the Rise and Fall of American Social Democracy 2021 Cornell University Press 9781501759888 51 10.7591/j.ctv1hw3x50.2 Eugene P. ConnollyConnolly, Eugene P. https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=46176 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220341/http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=46176 2014-11-09 9 March 2026 OurCampaigns.com See also 1945 New York City mayoral election 1937 New York City Council election Proportional representation in the United States References Category:1945 elections in the United States Category:1945 in New York City 1945 Category:1945 New York (state) elections