The first election to the Carmarthen Rural District Council in Carmarthenshire, Wales was held in December 1894. [1] It was followed by the 1898 election. The successful candidates were also elected to the Carmarthen Board of Guardians. In rural parishes, many councillors were returned unopposed. [2]
The rural district included the parishes of Abergwili, Abernant, Cynwyl Elfed, Laugharne, Llanarthney, Llanddarog, Llandyfaelog, Llanddowror, Llanfihangel Abercowyn, Llangain, Llangyndeyrn, Llangynog (with Llandeilo Abercywyn), Llangynin, Llangunnor, Llanllawddog, Llanpumsaint, Llansteffan, Llanwinio, Merthyr, Meidrym, Newchurch, St Clears, St Ishmaels, and Trelech a'r Betws.
The majority of those elected to the first Rural District Council were farmers. Women were eligible to stand in contests for district councils, and in St Ishmaels, Elizabeth Mary Gwyn was successful by a small majority. Political affiliations were generally not declared during the election.
Due to "a curious blunder" no councillor was elected to represent the Llandawke and Llansadurnen ward. [3]
The first meeting of the authority took place at the Shire Hall, Carmarthen on 29 December 1894. A vote was taken to elect a chairman, and John Phillips of Caerlleon, Llanwinio defeated David E. Stephens by sixteen votes to ten. [3] Phillips was a prominent Liberal who was also a member of Carmarthenshire County Council. [4] Stephens, in contrast, had stood unsuccessfully in county elections at Llangunnor in 1889 and Cynwyl Elfed in 1892.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Griffiths | 195 | |||
Independent | David Davies | 146 | |||
Independent | David Harries Davies | 122 | |||
Independent | E.H. Francis | 111 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Bowen | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Griffiths | Unopposed | |||
Independent | David Thomas | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Rees John | Unopposed | |||
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Morse withdrew too late to avoid a poll. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | William Thomas | 120 | |||
Independent | John D. Morse | 8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Stephen Stephens | Unopposed | |||
Independent | William Thomas | Unopposed | |||
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No nominations were received. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Davies | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Harries | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Rev Thomas Jones | Unopposed | |||
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It was reported that the contest had been instigated after Rees defeated the local Independent minister, Evan Powell, at a parish meeting. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Thomas Rees | 127 | |||
Independent | John Jones | 49 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Thomas | 65 | |||
Independent | David Walters | 48 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Lloyd Thomas | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Thomas | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Thomas Williams | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Prosser | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Roger Davies | ||||
Independent | John Thomas Williams | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Evan Daniel | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Evans | 87 | |||
Independent | Henry Harries | ||||
Independent | John Richards | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Griffith Barrett Evans | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Phillips | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Evans | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Howell Davies | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Evan Stephens | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Philip Thomas | 114 | |||
Independent | Thomas Beynon | 55 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Elizabeth Mary Gwyn | 98 | |||
Independent | William Thomas | 95 | |||
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All members of the District Council also served as members of Carmarthen Board of Guardians. In addition, six members were elected to represent the borough of Carmarthen. [1] Edith Hancock was a member of a prominent Carmarthen family, being the daughter of David Archard Williams, incumbent of St David's Church for 37 years until his death in 1879
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Edith Mary Hancock | 892 | |||
Independent | Jonah Davies | 752 | |||
Independent | Jonathan Phillips | 705 | |||
Independent | Isobel Gertrude Anne Thomas | 692 | |||
Independent | William Thomas | 596 | |||
Independent | Thomas Thomas | 550 | |||
Independent | Edward Lewis | 550 | |||
Independent | John Patagonia Lewis | 509 | |||
Independent | D. Parcell Rees | 489 | |||
Independent | James Phillips | 396 | |||
Independent | John Lewis | 371 | |||
Independent | Walter Jenkin Evans | 274 | |||
Independent | Andrew Fuller-Mills | 269 | |||
Independent | John Jeremy | 135 | |||
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