1941 Sydney City Council election

1941 Australian local government election March 2024 Sydney 6 December 1941 1937 Sydney City Council election 1937 1944 Sydney City Council election 1944 parliamentary no < 14,000 CRA Civic Reform 00A2FF 12 ALP Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 8 SLP State Labor 75140C 0 An 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.City Council Victory In Elections https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230961408 Trove The Sun 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.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16449880 CITIZENS' REFORM ASSOCIATION. The Sydney Morning Herald 17 March 1928 21 National Library of Australia Campaign 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. Prior to the election, Fitzroy Ward alderman Arthur McElhone rejoined Civic Reform to contest as an endorsed candidate.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. https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/975386 City of Sydney Phillip Ward was uncontested. Results Fitzroy 1941 New South Wales local elections: Fitzroy Ward civic reform Arthur McElhone 1,715 labor nsw 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 1941 New South Wales local elections: Flinders Ward labor nsw Tom Shannon 1,021 labor nsw Dan Minogue 347 independent Barney McDonnell 128 labor nsw John James Carroll 111 D. M. Grant 85 Gipps 1941 New South Wales local elections: Gipps Ward 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 1941 New South Wales local elections: Macquarie Ward civic reform William Neville Harding 1,206 state labor A. R. Sloss 1,005 labor nsw 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 1941 New South Wales local elections: Phillip Ward labor nsw John Armstrong unopposed labor nsw S. G. Molloy unopposed labor nsw Ernest Charles O'Dea unopposed labor nsw Paddy Stokes unopposed 19,000 References Sydney Category:Sydney City Council elections