1941 Sydney City Council election

1941 Sydney City Council election

6 December 1941
Turnout	< 14,000
First party Second party Third party   CRA ALP SLP Party Civic Reform Labor State Labor Seats won 12 8 0

The 1941 Sydney City Council 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.[1]

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.[1][2]

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.[1]

Prior to the election, Fitzroy Ward alderman Arthur McElhone rejoined Civic Reform to contest as an endorsed candidate.[3]

Phillip Ward was uncontested.[1]

Results

Fitzroy

1941 New South Wales local elections: Fitzroy Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic Reform	Arthur McElhone	1,715
	Labor	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Shannon	1,021
	Labor	Dan Minogue	347
	Independent	Barney McDonnell	128
	Labor	John James Carroll	111
		D. M. Grant	85

Gipps

1941 New South Wales local elections: Gipps Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Civic Reform	William Neville Harding	1,206
	State Labor	A. R. Sloss	1,005
	Labor	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Armstrong	unopposed
	Labor	S. G. Molloy	unopposed
	Labor	Ernest Charles O'Dea	unopposed
	Labor	Paddy Stokes	unopposed
Registered electors			19,000

References

1. "City Council Victory In Elections". Trove. The Sun.
2. "CITIZENS' REFORM ASSOCIATION". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 March 1928. p. 21 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "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". City of Sydney.