1894 Aberdare Urban District Council election

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The first election to the Aberdare Urban District Council was held in December 1894. [1] It was followed by the 1896 election.

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Members of the first Aberdare Urban District Council, 1894 Members of the first Aberdare Urban District Council, 1894.jpg
Members of the first Aberdare Urban District Council, 1894

There were five wards, namely Aberaman (also known as No. 5 Ward), Blaengwawr (also known as No. 4 Ward), Gadlys (also known as No. 2 Ward), Llwydcoed (also known as No. 1 Ward), and the Town Ward (also known as No. 3 Ward). Three members were elected from each ward making a total of fifteen members on the authority. In subsequent elections a third of the council would be elected each year. Therefore, the members returned at the head of the poll would serve until 1898, those in second place until 1897 and those in third place until 1896. Rhys Hopkin Rhys, chair of the previous Local Board of Health became the first chairman of the Urban District Council.

Aberaman Ward

Aberaman Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Edmund Mills Hann 697
Rev Thomas Humphreys 645
Thomas Rees428
Lib-Lab Phillip Daniel Rees368

Blaengwawr Ward

Blaengwawr Ward 1894
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Morgan John767
David Price Davies600
John Howell549
John Simon422

Gadlys Ward

Gadlys Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
William Thomas721
Rev Benjamin Evans 503
Griffith George 458
John David Rees419
David Davies334
Daniel Tudor Williams311
William Walker302
Evan Hopkins198
John Thomas134

Llwydcoed Ward

Llwydcoed Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Rees Hopkin Rhys 684
Rees Llewellyn 640
Owen Harris 623
John William Evans 525
Labour David Morgan198

Town Ward

Town Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Edward Morgan837
David Williams639
Thomas Thomas618
David Davies493
Joseph Price474

References

  1. "The Elections". Aberdare Times. 22 December 1894. Retrieved 23 October 2013.