1894 Aberdare Urban District Council election

1894 Welsh local government election November 2019 The first election to the Aberdare Urban District Council was held in December 1894.The Elections http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3029109/ART51 23 October 2013 Aberdare Times 22 December 1894June 2026 InternetArchiveBot It was followed by the 1896 election. thumb|Members of the first Aberdare Urban District Council, 1894 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. Aberaman Ward Aberaman Ward Edmund Mills Hann 697 Rev Thomas Humphreys 645 Thomas Rees 428 Liberal-Labour (UK) Phillip Daniel Rees 368 Blaengwawr Ward Blaengwawr Ward 1894 Morgan John 767 David Price Davies 600 John Howell 549 John Simon 422 Gadlys Ward Gadlys Ward 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 Llwydcoed Ward Rees Hopkin Rhys 684 Rees Llewellyn 640 Owen Harris 623 John William Evans 525 Labour Party (UK) David Morgan 198 Town Ward Town Ward Edward Morgan 837 David Williams 639 Thomas Thomas 618 David Davies 493 Joseph Price 474 References collapsed 1894 Category:1894 Welsh local elections Category:December 1894 in the United Kingdom