Phillip Ward (City of Sydney)

Phillip Ward New South Wales — Sydney City Council
Created	1842 (first incarnation) 1900 (second incarnation) 1959 (third incarnation)
Abolished	1850 (first) 1953 (second) 1987 (third)
Electors	684 (1842) 2,499 (1900) 3,494 (1924) 7,048 (1934) 13,382 (1950) 33,465 (1959) 8,466 (1977)

Phillip Ward (also originally known as Phillip's Ward) was a ward of the Sydney City Council. It was one of six wards created for the inaugural election in 1842, and was abolished on two separate occasions before its final abolishment when all wards were removed in 1987. ^{[1] [2]}

History

Phillip Ward was created in 1842 ahead of the first election on 1 November. It had 684 electors and included the head of Darling Harbour, Chippendale, Pyrmont and Ultimo. ^[3]

By 1900, the ward had 2,499 electors. The ward was a stronghold for the Labor Party, who had a clean sweep on multiple occasions. ^{[3] [4]}

At the 1974 election, where Labor only won three seats across the entire council, Civic Reform won one of the Phillip Ward seats. ^[3]

Phillip Ward was abolished in 1987, along with all other Sydney City Council wards, in favour of an undivided council.

Councillors for Phillip Ward

Second incarnation (1900−1953)

Year	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party	Councillor		Party
1937		Ernest Charles O'Dea	Labor		John Farrell	Labor		John Armstrong	Labor		Paddy Stokes	Labor
1941					Sydney George Molloy	Labor
1944
1945											Horace Foley	Lang Labor
1948					J. J. Carroll	Labor		R. J. Frazer	Labor		J. A. Bodkin	Labor

Election results

1945 by-election

1945 Phillip Ward by-election (5 May 1945) ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lang Labor	Horace Foley	1,853	51.3	+12.4
	Labor	J. C. Carroll	1,047	29.0	−12.9
	Progressive	A. R. Sloss	603	16.7	+16.7
	Independent	J. Carroll	111	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			3,614	98.1
Informal votes			71	1.9
Turnout			3,685
	Lang Labor gain from Labor		Swing	+12.4

• By-election triggered by death of alderman Paddy Stokes on 6 April 1945 ^[7]

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales local elections § Phillip.[ edit ]

1944 New South Wales local elections: Phillip Ward ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Charles O'Dea (elected)	1,075	41.9
	Lang Labor	Horace Foley	998	38.9
	Labor	John Armstrong (elected)	188	7.3
	Independent	L. Drury	141	5.5
	Labor	Paddy Stokes (elected)	54	2.1
	Labor	Sydney George Molloy (elected)	36	1.4
	Independent	E. Taylor	33	1.3
	Lang Labor	S. H. Howey	22	0.9
	Lang Labor	J. Barry	15	0.6
	Lang Labor	L. C. Killmore	4	0.2
Total formal votes			2,566

1941

This section is an excerpt from 1941 Sydney City Council election § Phillip.[ edit ]

1941 New South Wales local elections: Phillip Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Armstrong	unopposed
	Labor	S. G. Molloy	unopposed
	Labor	Ernest Charles O'Dea	unopposed
	Labor	Paddy Stokes	unopposed
Registered electors			19,000

1842

This section is an excerpt from 1842 Sydney City Council election § Phillip.[ edit ]

1842 Sydney City Council election: Phillip Ward ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward Flood	295
	Independent	James Robert Wilshire	269
	Independent	Neale	222
	Independent	Taylor	203
	Independent	Blackman	187
	Independent	Wallace	115
	Independent	Hayes	69
	Independent	Grose	33

References

1. "Local Government Election Results". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.
2. "Little Interest in Local Elections". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 December 1944.
3. Golder, Hilary. "A short electoral history of the Sydney City Council" (PDF). City of Sydney. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2024.
4. "Election of Aldermen of the City of Sydney". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 10 December 1937.
5. "Lang candidate wins council by-election". Guinea Gold. 13 May 1945.
6. "The Municipal Council of Sydney". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 13 April 1945.
7. "Former Lord Mayor of Sydney dies". The Daily Telegraph . 7 April 1945. p. 6 – via Trove.
8. "Official Labor Wins Phillip Ward". Daily Mirror.
9. "The Election". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 November 1842.