1842 Sydney City Council election

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1842 Sydney City Council election
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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 for the City of Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales. [1]

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This was the first election for Sydney after it was formally established on 20 July 1842. A total of 49 candidates contested the election, with polling open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. [2] [3]

Following the election, John Hosking was elected by the aldermen as lord mayor. [4]

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

Electoral system

The franchise was granted to individuals who occupied and paid rates on a property; however, if they owned property in multiple wards, they could vote in only one. Women were not eligible to vote. [1]

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

One councillor from each ward was required to resign their seat annually, resulting in elections being 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Golder, Hilary (May 2001). "A short electoral history of the Sydney City Council" (PDF). City of Sydney. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "City of Sydney - Election of Councillors". Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ↑ "Election of Aldermen and Mayor". The Australian.
  4. ↑ "Election of Mayor and Aldermen". The Teetotaller and General Newspaper.
  5. ↑ "The Election". Australasian Chronicle. 3 November 1842. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Election". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 November 1842.
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