1928 Brisbane City Council election

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1928 Brisbane City Council elections
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  1925 18 February 1928 (1928-02-18) 1931  

20 seats on the Brisbane City Council

Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election

William Jolly
Nationalist Civic Party

Subsequent Lord Mayor

William Jolly
Nationalist Civic Party

The 1928 Brisbane City Council election was held on 18 February 1928 to elect the Lord Mayor and councillors for each of the 20 wards of the City of Brisbane. [1]

Results

The ruling United Party changed its name to Nationalist Civic Party during the preceding term. [2]

Ward [1] PartyCouncillor
Brisbane Labor William Thomas King [3]
Bulimba
Buranda Labor A. Laurie
Enoggera
Fortitude ValleyLaborJ. P. Keogh
Ithaca Nationalist Civic Party Wm. Robert Warmington [3]
Kelvin Grove Labor J. Tait
Kurilpa Nationalist Civic Party Ernest Barstow [3]
Logan Nationalist Civic Party J. Soden
Maree Nationalist Civic Party Lewis Wills Luckins [3]
Merthyr Nationalist Civic Party A. M. Oxlade
Nundah Independent F. W. Bradbury
Oxley Nationalist Civic Party Frederick Arthur Stimpson [3]
Paddington Labor John Fihelly
Sandgate Independent William Frederick Schulz [3]
South Brisbane Nationalist Civic Party Robert William Henry Long [3]
Toombul Nationalist Civic Party C. W. Campbell
Toowong Nationalist Civic Party Archibald Watson
Windsor Nationalist Civic Party Thomas Prentice [3]
Wynnum Nationalist Civic Party William Logan Dart


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References

  1. 1 2 "Nationalists' Civic Regime Emphatically Approved. - LABOUR MAKES NO HEADWAY. BALANCE OF POWER MAINTAINED. MAYOR JOLLY'S HUGE MAJORITY. | SOLID VOTING IN CONTINUOUS RAIN. - The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) - 20 Feb 1928". Brisbane Courier. 20 February 1928. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. Laverty, John. "William Alfred Jolly (1881–1955)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 28 June 2018 via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS". Telegraph . Brisbane. 17 April 1931. p. 1. Retrieved 19 March 2024 via National Library of Australia.