1925 Brisbane City Council election

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1925 Brisbane City Council election
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21 February 1925 1928  →
Registered146,557
Turnout83.42%
Lord Mayor
 First partySecond party
  StateLibQld 1 105548 William Alfred Jolly.jpg
Candidate William Jolly John Keogh
Party United Labor
Popular vote68,64448,325
Percentage58.7%41.3%
Lord Mayor before election

Position established

Elected Lord Mayor

William Jolly
United

Councillors
All 20 wards on the City Council
10 wards needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
United William Jolly52.5714
Labor 42.196
Independent N/A5.240
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.


The 1925 Brisbane City Council election was held on 21 February to elect the Lord Mayor and councillors for each of the 20 wards of the City of Brisbane. [1] [2] The election was the first for the City of Brisbane, which had been created from the amalgamation of 20 local governments the previous year.

Contents

Map of the City of Brisbane, with former local authority boundaries and boundaries of the new electoral wards Map of the City of Brisbane with boundaries 1924.pdf
Map of the City of Brisbane, with former local authority boundaries and boundaries of the new electoral wards

The new council was composed of 21 Aldermen, 20 elected from single member wards that aligned with state electoral district boundaries within the city, and the Lord Mayor who was elected by the city as one electorate. All persons who were on the state electoral roll at an address within the city boundaries were electors for the City Council.


Results

The election was conducted under the Queensland Elections Act (1915) [3] so voting was compulsory [4] and the Contingent vote was used. [5]

These results are final, after the distribution of any contingent votes (preferences).

Lord Mayor

1925 Brisbane mayoral election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United William Jolly 68,64458.69
Labor John Keogh48,32541.31
Total formal votes116,96995.99
Informal votes4,8824.01
Turnout 121,851
United win(new seat)

Wards [7] [8]


Queensland local government election, 21 February 1925
Brisbane City Council
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Enrolled voters146,557
Votes cast122,259 Turnout 83.42
Informal votes4,751Informal3.89
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  United 67,77652.57-14-
  Labor 49,57142.19-6-
  Independent 6,1615.24-0-
Total122,259  20 


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United William John Foster1,56540.41
Labor Joseph Patrick Teefey2,12654.89
Total formal votes3,69195.30
Informal votes1824.70
Turnout 3,87367.71
Labor win(new seat)
1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Bulimba
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Alfred Harrison3,75952.32
Labor Sydney Nickson3,42747.69
Total formal votes7,18696.78
Informal votes2393.22
Turnout 7,42587.82
United win(new seat)
1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Buranda
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United George William Bennett2,63245.12
Labor Arthur Laurie3,20154.88
Total formal votes5,83394.86
Informal votes3165.14
Turnout 6,14989.49
Labor win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Enoggera
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent James Cock5527.76
United Ernest Lanham3,79853.37
Labor George Taylor2,76638.87
Total formal votes7,11696.72
Informal votes2413.28
Turnout 7,35787.72
United win(new seat)
1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Fortitude Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United James Burrows2,39545.80
Labor James Patrick Keogh2,83454.20
Total formal votes5,22995.37
Informal votes2544.63
Turnout 5,48383.11
Labor win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Ithaca
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard James Burnett70311.76
United Leslie Howard Tooth2,43340.70
Labor William Robert Warmington2,84247.54
Total formal votes5,97894.04
Informal votes3795.96
Turnout 6,35786.67
Labor win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Kelvin Grove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Thomas Magner2,86649.35
Labor John Tait2,94250.65
Total formal votes5,80896.43
Informal votes2153.57
Turnout 6,02385.22
Labor win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Kurilpa
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Ernest Barstow3,14058.59
Labor Edward Kersley2,21941.41
Total formal votes5,35996.21
Informal votes2113.79
Turnout 5,57086.00
United win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Logan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Edward Donnellan1,20617.16
Labor Lauchlan Howatson2,40134.16
United John Soden3,42148.68
Total formal votes7,02895.26
Informal votes3504.74
Turnout 7,37887.88
United win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Maree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Matthew Colclough Snr1622.72
Labor Alexander Elliott2,90148.75
United George Tedman2,88848.53
Total formal votes5,84497.04
Informal votes1782.96
Turnout 6,02281.15
Labor win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United James Thomas MacMinn [6] 3,10353.10
Labor Peter Alfred McLachlan2,74146.90
Total formal votes5,84497.04
Informal votes1782.96
Turnout 6,02281.15
United win(new seat)
1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Nundah
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Frederick William Bradbury3,61260.36
Labor Joseph William Ingham2,37239.64
Total formal votes5,98497.24
Informal votes1702.76
Turnout 6,15480.44
United win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Oxley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Allen Elliott2,11831.57
United Fredrick Arthur Stimpson4,59068.43
Total formal votes6,70896.87
Informal votes2173.13
Turnout 6,92584.66
United win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Paddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Arthur Fihelly 2,91760.94
United William John Smout1,87039.06
Total formal votes4,78795.38
Informal votes2324.62
Turnout 5,01980.34
Labor win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Sandgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Christopher Joseph Keogh2,57940.61
United William Frederick Schulz3,77159.39
Total formal votes6,35095.79
Informal votes2794.21
Turnout 6,62985.12
United win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of South Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joseph Patrick Finn2,37246.13
United Robert William Henry Long2,77053.87
Total formal votes5,14296.06
Informal votes2113.94
Turnout 5,35380.74
United win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Toombul
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Isaac William Butters61510.60
Labor William George Nicholson1,55426.77
United Hugh McDiarmid Russell3,63562.63
Total formal votes6,71097.23
Informal votes1912.77
Turnout 6,90185.26
United win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Toowong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Edwin August Keefer2,10331.34
United Archibald Watson 4,60768.66
Total formal votes6,71097.23
Informal votes1912.77
Turnout 6,90185.26
United win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Windsor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Herbert George Carrigan2,04132.02
Independent Ernest Downey74611.70
United Thomas Prentice3,58856.28
Total formal votes6,37595.98
Informal votes2674.02
Turnout 6,64285.92
United win(new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Wynnum
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Joseph Curtis65014.05
United William Logan Dart 1,33328.82
Independent John William Greene1,29828.06
Independent George Heymer2294.95
Labor Francis John O'Driscoll1,11524.11
Total formal votes4,62594.99
Informal votes2445.01
Turnout 4,86968.22
United win(new seat)

Candidates

Ward Labor candidate United candidateOther candidates
Lord Mayor John Keogh [9] William Jolly [9]
Brisbane J. P. Teefey [6] [9] W. J. Foster [6]
Bulimba S. Nickson [6] A. Harrison [2] [6]
Buranda A. Laurie [2] G. W. Bennett [6]
Enoggera G. Taylor [6] E. Lanham [10] G. Cock (Ind) [6]
Fortitude Valley J. P. Keogh [6] James Burrows [11]
Ithaca W. R. Warmington [6] L. H. Tooth [6] [12] R. J. Burnett (Ind) [6]
Kelvin Grove T. Magner [6] J. J. Tait [6]
Kurilpa E. Kersley [6] E. Barstow [2]
Logan L. Howatson [6] J. Soden [2] W. E. Donnellan (Ind) [6]
Maree A. Elliott [6] Geo. Tedman [13] M. Colclough (Ind) [6]
Merthyr P. A. McLachlan [6] J. T. MacMinn [14]
Nundah J. W. Ingham [6] F. W. Bradbury [6]
Oxley A. A. Elliott [6] F. A. Stimpson [6]
Paddington John Fihelly W. J. Smout [15]
Sandgate C. J. Keogh [6] W. F. Schulz [6]
South Brisbane J. P. Finn [6] R. W. H. Long [6]
Toombul G. Nicholson [6] H. M. Russell [6] [11]
Toowong E. A. Keefer [6] A. Watson [16]
Windsor H. G. Carrigan [6] T. Prentice [6] H. Downey [6]
Wynnum F. J. O'Driscoll [6] Bill Dart John William Greene (Ind) [2]
J. Carter (Ind) [6]
G. Heymer (Ind) [6]

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