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1944 Sydney City Council election
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Turnout22.5%
  First party Second party Third party
  Portrait of Alderman Reginald James Bartley, Lord Mayor of Sydney (1943-1944, 1946-1948).jpg Ernest Charles O'Dea.jpg
Leader Reg Bartley Ernest Charles O'Dea Horace Foley
Party Civic Reform Labor Lang Labor
Leader's seat Gipps Ward Phillip Ward None (contested Phillip Ward)
Seats won 12 seats 8 seats 0 seats
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Percentage 34.44% 32.61% 25.09%

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.

The election saw the Civic Reform Association, which had controlled the council since 1930, re-elected.

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.

Results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales local elections § Sydney.
1944 New South Wales local elections: Sydney
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Civic Reform 4,032 34.44 12 Steady
  Labor 3,819 32.61 8 Steady
  Lang Labor 2,938 25.09 0 Steady
  Independent 920 7.86
 Formal votes 11,709 100.0

Fitzroy

1944 New South Wales local elections: Fitzroy Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1944 New South Wales local elections: Flinders Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1944 New South Wales local elections: Gipps Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1944 New South Wales local elections: Macquarie Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1944 New South Wales local elections: Phillip Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

  1. Golder, Hilary. "A short electoral history of the Sydney City Council" (PDF). City of Sydney. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2024.
  2. "Local Government Election Results". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. "Little Interest in Local Elections". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. "Sweeping victory for Civic Reform in City poll". The Sun. 3 December 1944.
  5. "Labour gets control of Sydney Council". The West Australian. 6 December 1948.
  6. "Election of Aldermen of the City of Sydney". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 6 December 1944.
  7. "Official Labor Wins Phillip Ward". Daily Mirror.
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