An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen). The term may be titular,denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council,a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote,or a council member elected by voters.
The Communist Party of Australia (CPA),known as the Australian Communist Party (ACP) from 1944 to 1951,was an Australian communist party founded in 1920. The party existed until roughly 1991,with its membership and influence having been in a steady decline since its peak in 1945. Like most communist parties in the West,the party was heavily involved in the labour movement and the trade unions. Its membership,popularity and influence grew significantly during most of the interwar period before reaching its climax in 1945,where the party achieved a membership of slightly above 22,000 members. Although the party did not achieve a federal MP,Fred Paterson was elected to the Parliament of Queensland at the 1944 state election. He won re-election in 1947 before the seat was abolished. The party also held office in over a dozen local government areas across New South Wales and Queensland.
Clover Margaret Moore is an Australian politician. She has been the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney since 2004 and is currently the longest serving Lord Mayor of Sydney since the creation of the City of Sydney in 1842. She was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 2012,representing the electorates of Bligh (1988–2007) and Sydney (2007–2012). Moore is the first popularly elected woman Lord Mayor of Sydney.
Samuel Bingham was the Mayor of Ottawa,Ontario,Canada between 1897 and 1898.
Manly Council was a local government area on the northern beaches region of Sydney,New South Wales,Australia,first incorporated in 1877. On 12 May 2016,the Minister for Local Government announced that Manly Council would be subsumed into the newly formed Northern Beaches Council. The last mayor of Manly Council was Cr. Jean Hay,a member of the Liberal Party.
Flavel White Bingham was the 11th Mayor of Cleveland in 1849.
The Civic Reform Association (CRA),also known as the Civic Reform Movement,the Civic Reform Party or simply Reform,was an Australian ratepayers' organisation and local political party which contested elections for the City of Sydney.
Jeremy Dacre Ball was an Australian politician,actor and activist. Ball served as the deputy mayor of Launceston,Tasmania's second-largest city,from 2011 until his death in 2014 due to a car accident.
The Manly Town Hall is a landmark civic building in Manly,a suburb of Sydney,New South Wales,Australia. The building is located at the junction of The Corso,Gilbert Street and Belgrave Street,opposite Manly ferry wharf. Designed in the Inter-war Stripped Classical style with Egyptian Revival style columns by Samuel Reginald Maisey,it replaced the previous town hall on the site,a Victorian Mansion built in 1879. The Town Hall was the seat of Manly Council from 1937 to 2016,when it became the site of the first meeting of the new Northern Beaches Council.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1946.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1935. One third of the council seats were up for election,the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1921.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Friday 1 November 1912.
The Jessie Street Gardens is an urban park in Loftus Street,in the Sydney central business district,near Circular Quay,Sydney,New South Wales,Australia. The park is named in honour of Jessie Street,a leading Australian women's rights activist.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1898. One third of the council seats were up for election,the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Monday 2 November 1891. One third of the council seats were up for election,the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1849. One third of the council seats were up for election,the term of office of each councillor being three years.
The Rural Bank Building was a landmark bank and commercial building on a block bounded by Martin Place,Elizabeth Street and Phillip Street in the Sydney central business district,Australia. Completed in 1936 and designed in the Inter-war Art Deco style by the bank's chief architect,Frank William Turner,the building served as the Rural Bank's main headquarters until 1982. Despite its distinctive design receiving recognition for its heritage value as "one of the finest art deco buildings in Australia",including from the Australian Institute of Architects and through a listing on the Federal Register of the National Estate,the Rural Bank Building was controversially demolished in 1983 and replaced by the postmodern State Bank Centre development by Peddle Thorp &Walker,prompting greater community efforts to protect the heritage of Sydney.
