Results of the 1944 New South Wales local elections

This is a list of local government area results for the 1944 New South Wales local elections.[1][2][3]

(Note: Some results only show vote totals for successful candidates).

Albury

1944 New South Wales local elections: Albury[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dudley Padman 2,518
Independent Cleaver Bunton 2,278
Independent L. E. Heath 1,980
Independent H. Lamtert 1,875
Independent Alfred Waugh 1,846
Independent R. A. Robertson 1,628
Independent S. H. Logan 1,595
Independent J. P. Jelbart 1,582
Independent A. A. Rogers 1,581

Kearsley

Main article: 1944 Kearsley Shire Council election
1944 New South Wales local elections: Kearsley[5][6]
Party Votes % Swing Seats Change
  Communist 4,149 52.29 +52.29 5 Increase 5
  Independent 3,084 38.86 2
  Labor 703 8.85 1
 Formal votes 7,936 100.0

A Riding

1944 New South Wales local elections: A Riding
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent A. Collins (elected) unopposed
Independent L. Blackwell (elected) unopposed

B Riding

1944 New South Wales local elections: B Riding
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Communist Bill Varty (elected) 1,033 40.92 +40.92
Communist Allan Opie (elected) 838 33.20 +33.20
Various independents 653 25.88
Total formal votes 2,524 100.0
Party total votes
Communist 1,871 74.12 +74.12
Independent 653 25.88

C Riding

1944 New South Wales local elections: C Riding
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Various independents 1,153 46.88
Labor A. Johnson (elected) 703 28.57
Communist James Palmer (elected) 604 24.55 +24.55
Total formal votes 2,460 100.0
Party total votes
Independent 1,153 46.88
Labor 703 28.57
Communist 604 24.55 +24.55

D Riding

1944 New South Wales local elections: D Riding
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Various independents 1,278 43.30
Communist Jock Graham (elected) 893 30.25 +30.25
Communist Nellie Simm (elected) 781 26.45 +26.45
Total formal votes 2,952 100.0
Party total votes
Communist 1,674 56.70 +56.70
Independent 1,278 43.30

North Illawarra

1944 New South Wales local elections: North Illawarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent C. W. Carr (elected) 1,533
Independent D. A. Amour (elected) 1,434
Independent C. W. Smith (elected) 1,296
Communist Jack Martin (elected) 1,225
Independent W. L. Vidler (elected) 1,221
Independent J. L. Dawson (elected) 1,075
Independent G. C. C. Rowland (elected) 1,071
Independent T. Dalton (elected) 1,047
Independent O. J. T. Murphy (elected) 1,041
Independent A. Marshall 1,025
Independent F. B. McMahon 976
Independent J, Campbell 969
Independent W. T. Hopwood 962
Independent W. J. T. Mascord 859
Independent T. B. G. Ward 827
Independent A. T. Ziems 816
Independent R. G. Hall 744
Independent T. Silcocks 738
Independent A. R. Wales 731
Independent G. Parker 714
Independent C. E. Tyler-White 617
Independent E. Downie 404
Independent W. A. G. Pollock 232
Independent W. P. Devlin 190
Independent R. Stibbard 132

Singleton

1944 New South Wales local elections: Singleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent J. Brittliffe 503 13.4
Independent J. McGrogan 452 12.1
Independent R. H. Burgess 451 12.0
Independent R. J. Tulloch 443 11.8
Independent C. H. Dunlop 414 11.0
Independent E. Patridge 399 10.6
Independent G. H. Dunlop 383 10.2
Independent F. H. Madden 367 9.8
Independent F. Dickinson 337 9.0
Total formal votes 3,749 100.0

Sydney

Main article: 1944 Sydney City Council election
1944 New South Wales local elections: Sydney[7][8]
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[9]
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. ^ "Local Government Election Results". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ Mowbray, Martin (November 1986). "The Red Shire of Kearsley, 1944-1947: Communists in Local Government" (PDF). Labour History. 51 (51). Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Inc.: 83–94. doi:10.2307/27508799. JSTOR 27508799. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS". Illawarra Mercury. Vol. 90, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1944. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Mayors of Albury". Albury City Council.
  5. ^ "Declarations of Poll" (PDF). Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder. 9 December 1944. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-19.
  6. ^ "LABOUR'S BID FAILS IN NEWCASTLE". Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate. No. 22, 209. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1947. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Labour gets control of Sydney Council". The West Australian. 6 December 1948.
  8. ^ "Election of Aldermen of the City of Sydney". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 6 December 1944.
  9. ^ "Official Labor Wins Phillip Ward". Daily Mirror.