1931 Brisbane City Council election

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1931 Brisbane City Council elections
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  1928 2 May 1931 (1931-05-02) 1934  

20 seats on the Brisbane City Council
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labor Civic Reform
Last election5 wards0 wards
Seats won8 wards7 wards
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Increase2.svg7

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Non-Party Progressives National Citizens
Last election0 wards16 wards
Seats won3 wards2 wards
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg14

Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election

Archibald Watson
National Citizens

Subsequent Lord Mayor

John William Greene
Progressives

The 1931 Brisbane City Council election was held on 2 May 1931 to elect councillors for each of the 20 wards of the City of Brisbane. The election resulted in 8 seats for Labor, 7 seats for Civic Reform, 3 seats for non-party progressives and 2 seats for National Citizens. The new council elected John William Greene as Lord Mayor. [1] [2]

Contents

Results

Summary

Ward [3] [4] PartyCouncillor
BrisbaneCivic ReformA. Faulkner
Bulimba Labor W. M'Auliffe
Coorparoo Labor J. I. Brown
EnoggeraNational CitizensE. Lanham
HamiltonCivic ReformA. H. Tait
Ithaca Labor W. R. Warmington
Kelvin Grove Labor P. Gaffney
Kurilpa Labor J. Moore
LoganNational CitizensR. Nixon Smith
Maree Labor A. Skirving
Oxley [5] ProgressivesJ. E. Lane
Paddington Labor William Power
South Brisbane Labor A. Laurie
SandgateProgressives Eric Decker
StephensCivic ReformR. Paine
ToombulCivic ReformT. G. Payne
Toowong [5] Civic Reform Harry Massey
ValleyCivic ReformM. P. M. Campbell
WindsorCivic ReformG. B. Vickers
Wynnum [5] Progressives John William Greene

Coorparoo

1931 Brisbane City Council election: Coorparoo Ward [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Brown 1,42551.91
Civic Reform John Lackey1,32048.09
Total formal votes2,74598.89
Informal votes311.12
Turnout 2,77677.67
Labor win(new ward)

Enoggera

1931 Brisbane City Council election: Enoggera Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James McGuire89934.44
Nationalist Ernest Lanham75528.93
Civic Reform Stanley Chapman73728.24
Non-party ProgressCecil Snartt2198.39
Total formal votes2,61097.79
Informal votes592.21
Turnout 2,66974.24
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Ernest Lanham1,40753.91
Labor James McGuire1,20346.09
Nationalist hold Swing

Hamilton

1931 Brisbane City Council election: Hamilton Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Civic Reform Archibald Tait2,05258.76
Nationalist Charles Campbell95727.41
Non-party ProgressStanley Carrick50314.40
Total formal votes3,49297.22
Informal votes1002.78
Turnout 3,59285.32
Civic Reform win(new ward)

Paddington

1931 Brisbane City Council election: Paddington Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Power 1,99956.56
Civic Reform Benjamin Harding1,05629.88
Non-party ProgressJames Leavy2416.82
Independent Citizens'Elizabeth Goldsmith2386.73
Total formal votes3,53491.34
Informal votes3358.66
Turnout 3,86991.31
Labor hold Swing

Notes

  1. These were the last results published. The report noted that the "[f]ew outstanding results cannot affect results". [6]

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