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The 1948 Sydney City Council election was held on 4 December 1948 to elect councillors to the City of Sydney, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia. [2]
Labor won a majority on council for the first time in 21 years, defeating the Civic Reform Association. [3]
Although scheduled to be held as part of the statewide local elections in 1947, the election was delayed by a year. [4]
In 1947, the state Labor government expanded the boundaries of the City of Sydney to include the following municipalities: [1]
This saw the number of councillors increase from 20 to 30. The existing five four-member wards − Fitzroy, Flinders, Gipps, Macquarie and Phillip − were unchanged, while another four were created: [1]
This was also the first Sydney City Council election to use first-past-the-post, replacing preferential voting. The change only lasted several years. [5]
Civic Reform campaigned against Labor on a message of "keeping local government in Sydney free of politics". [6]
114 candidates contested the election, with seven different groups endorsing candidates: [7] [8] [9]
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