1842 Sydney City Council election

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1842 Sydney City Council election
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1 November 18421843 

Lord Mayor before election

Charles Windeyer

Subsequent Lord Mayor

John Hosking

The 1842 Sydney City Council election was held on 1 November 1842 to elect 24 aldermen to the City of Sydney in the colony of New South Wales. [1]

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This was the first-ever election for Sydney after it was established on 20 July 1842. 49 candidates contested the elections, with polling open from 9 am until 4 pm. [2] [3]

John Hosking was elected by alderman as lord mayor following the election. [4]

In Brisbane Ward, The Sydney Morning Herald observed that some electors chose not to vote "because they had promised their votes to five or six candidates," and after finding out they could only vote for four, chose not to vote at all. [5]

Electoral system

Franchise was given to those who occupied and payed rates on a property − however, if they owned property in multiple wards, they could only vote in one of them. Women were not eligible to vote. [1]

Six wards − Bourke, Brisbane, Cook, Gipps, Macquarie and Phillip − were established, each with four councillors, covering a total of 3,202 electors. [1]

One councillor from each ward had to resign their seat annually, meaning elections were held every year. [1]

Results

Bourke

1842 Sydney City Council election: Bourke Ward [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Hosking 344
Independent Foss305
Independent George Allen 262
Independent Owen241
Independent Campbell219
Independent Welch95

Brisbane

1842 Sydney City Council election: Brisbane Ward [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Smidmore
Independent Holden
Independent Poole
Independent Gosling
Independent Hunt
Independent Manning
Independent Little
Independent Murray
Independent Wilson
Independent Kellick
Total formal votes520

Cook

1842 Sydney City Council election: Cook Ward [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Jones (elected)
Independent F. Mitchell (elected)
Independent H. Hollingshed (elected)
Independent W. Pawley (elected)

Gipps

1842 Sydney City Council election: Gipps Ward [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Chapman320
Independent Jones226
Independent Egan221
Independent Peacock182
Independent Nicholson117
Independent Moore100
Independent Ryan77
Independent Coyle58
Independent Taylor1
Independent Gannon0

Macquarie

1842 Sydney City Council election: Macquarie Ward [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent George Hill 325
Independent Holt287
Independent Henry Macdermott 239
Independent Thomas Broughton 238
Independent Bourne122
Independent Woolley105
Independent Thompson95
Independent Wyatt75

Phillip

1842 Sydney City Council election: Phillip Ward [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Edward Flood 295
Independent James Robert Wilshire 269
Independent Neale222
Independent Taylor203
Independent Blackman187
Independent Wallace115
Independent Hayes69
Independent Grose33

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References

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