Results of the 1944 New South Wales local elections

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This is a list of local government area results for the 1944 New South Wales local elections.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Albury

1944 New South Wales local elections: Albury ^[4]
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Dudley Padman	2,518
Independent	Cleaver Bunton	2,278
Independent	L. E. Heath	1,980
Independent	H. Lamtert	1,875
Independent	Alfred Waugh	1,846
Independent	R. A. Robertson	1,628
Independent	S. H. Logan	1,595
Independent	J. P. Jelbart	1,582
Independent	A. A. Rogers	1,581

Kearsley

1944 New South Wales local elections: Kearsley ^[5]^[6]
Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Communist	4,149	52.29	+52.29	5	5
	Independent	3,084	38.86		2
	Labor	703	8.85		1
Formal votes		7,936	100.0

A Riding

1944 New South Wales local elections: A Riding
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Collins (elected)	unopposed
	Independent	L. Blackwell (elected)	unopposed

B Riding

1944 New South Wales local elections: B Riding
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Communist	Bill Varty (elected)	1,033	40.92	+40.92
	Communist	Allan Opie (elected)	838	33.20	+33.20
	Various independents		653	25.88
Total formal votes			2,524	100.0
Party total votes
	Communist		1,871	74.12	+74.12
	Independent		653	25.88

C Riding

1944 New South Wales local elections: C Riding
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Various independents		1,153	46.88
	Labor	A. Johnson (elected)	703	28.57
	Communist	James Palmer (elected)	604	24.55	+24.55
Total formal votes			2,460	100.0
Party total votes
	Independent		1,153	46.88
	Labor		703	28.57
	Communist		604	24.55	+24.55

D Riding

1944 New South Wales local elections: D Riding
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Various independents		1,278	43.30
	Communist	Jock Graham (elected)	893	30.25	+30.25
	Communist	Nellie Simm (elected)	781	26.45	+26.45
Total formal votes			2,952	100.0
Party total votes
	Communist		1,674	56.70	+56.70
	Independent		1,278	43.30

North Illawarra

1944 New South Wales local elections: North Illawarra
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	C. W. Carr (elected)	1,533
Independent	D. A. Amour (elected)	1,434
Independent	C. W. Smith (elected)	1,296
Communist	Jack Martin (elected)	1,225
Independent	W. L. Vidler (elected)	1,221
Independent	J. L. Dawson (elected)	1,075
Independent	G. C. C. Rowland (elected)	1,071
Independent	T. Dalton (elected)	1,047
Independent	O. J. T. Murphy (elected)	1,041
Independent	A. Marshall	1,025
Independent	F. B. McMahon	976
Independent	J, Campbell	969
Independent	W. T. Hopwood	962
Independent	W. J. T. Mascord	859
Independent	T. B. G. Ward	827
Independent	A. T. Ziems	816
Independent	R. G. Hall	744
Independent	T. Silcocks	738
Independent	A. R. Wales	731
Independent	G. Parker	714
Independent	C. E. Tyler-White	617
Independent	E. Downie	404
Independent	W. A. G. Pollock	232
Independent	W. P. Devlin	190
Independent	R. Stibbard	132

Singleton

1944 New South Wales local elections: Singleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Brittliffe	503	13.4
	Independent	J. McGrogan	452	12.1
	Independent	R. H. Burgess	451	12.0
	Independent	R. J. Tulloch	443	11.8
	Independent	C. H. Dunlop	414	11.0
	Independent	E. Patridge	399	10.6
	Independent	G. H. Dunlop	383	10.2
	Independent	F. H. Madden	367	9.8
	Independent	F. Dickinson	337	9.0
Total formal votes			3,749	100.0

Sydney

1944 New South Wales local elections: Sydney ^[7]^[8]
Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Civic Reform	4,032	34.44	12
	Labor	3,819	32.61	8
	Lang Labor	2,938	25.09	0
	Independent	920	7.86
Formal votes		11,709	100.0

Fitzroy

1944 New South Wales local elections: Fitzroy Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Civic Reform	Arthur McElhone (elected)	1,267	45.5
	Lang Labor	P. McDonnell	548	19.7
	Independent	E. P. Tressider	495	17.8
	Independent	J. H. Catts	168	6.0
	Civic Reform	William James Bradley (elected)	130	4.7
	Independent	N. C. Jackson	56	2.0
	Civic Reform	Kenneth Stewart Williams (elected)	36	1.3
	Independent	G. Harrington	27	1.0
	Lang Labor	T. A. H. Mooney	26	0.9
	Civic Reform	William Parker Henson (elected)	12	0.4
	Lang Labor	V. R. Maney	11	0.4
	Lang Labor	C. L. Wagner	6	0.2
Total formal votes			2,782

Flinders

1944 New South Wales local elections: Flinders Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John James Carroll (elected)	1,178	43.1
	Lang Labor	N. C. Christie	838	30.7
	Labor	Tom Shannon (elected)	292	10.7
	Labor	Dan Minogue (elected)	229	8.4
	Lang Labor	R. B. White	73	2.7
	Lang Labor	B. Cooley	62	2.3
	Labor	Anthony Doherty (elected)	34	1.2
	Lang Labor	E. J. McKenna	25	0.9
Total formal votes			2,731

Gipps

1944 New South Wales local elections: Gipps Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Civic Reform	Ernest Samuel Marks (elected)	1,093	67.0
	Lang Labor	Susan Francis	224	13.7
	Civic Reform	Reginald James Bartley (elected)	158	9.7
	Lang Labor	E. J. O'Reilly	39	2.4
	Lang Labor	E. P. McCudden	38	2.3
	Civic Reform	James McMahon (elected)	38	2.3
	Civic Reform	Stanley Crick (elected)	33	2.0
	Lang Labor	R. McPherson	9	0.6
Total formal votes			1,632

Macquarie

1944 New South Wales local elections: Macquarie Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Civic Reform	William Neville Harding (elected)	1,112	55.7
	Labor	J. S. Garden	573	28.7
	Labor	E. S. Glasgow	122	6.1
	Civic Reform	William Becker (elected)	75	3.8
	Civic Reform	Herbert Gordon Carter (elected)	45	2.3
	Civic Reform	Frank Grenville Pursell (elected)	33	1.7
	Labor	E. C. Sheiles	24	1.2
	Labor	A. W. Thompson	14	0.7
Total formal votes			1,998

Phillip

1944 New South Wales local elections: Phillip Ward ^[9]
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

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References

↑ "Local Government Election Results". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.
↑ Mowbray, Martin (November 1986). "The Red Shire of Kearsley, 1944-1947: Communists in Local Government" (PDF). Labour History. 51 (51). Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Inc.: 83–94. doi:10.2307/27508799. JSTOR 27508799. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2018.
↑ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS". Illawarra Mercury . Vol. 90, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1944. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Mayors of Albury". Albury City Council.
↑ "Declarations of Poll" (PDF). Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder . 9 December 1944. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-19.
↑ "LABOUR'S BID FAILS IN NEWCASTLE". Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate. No. 22, 209. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1947. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Labour gets control of Sydney Council". The West Australian. 6 December 1948.
↑ "Election of Aldermen of the City of Sydney". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 6 December 1944.
↑ "Official Labor Wins Phillip Ward". Daily Mirror.

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[1944results-1] "Local Government Election Results". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.

[mowbray-2] Mowbray, Martin (November 1986). "The Red Shire of Kearsley, 1944-1947: Communists in Local Government" (PDF). Labour History. 51 (51). Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Inc.: 83–94. doi:10.2307/27508799. JSTOR 27508799. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2018.

[illmerc-3] "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS". Illawarra Mercury . Vol. 90, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1944. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Mayors of Albury". Albury City Council.

[5] "Declarations of Poll" (PDF). Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder . 9 December 1944. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-19.

[6] "LABOUR'S BID FAILS IN NEWCASTLE". Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate. No. 22, 209. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1947. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.

[westaus-7] "Labour gets control of Sydney Council". The West Australian. 6 December 1948.

[8] "Election of Aldermen of the City of Sydney". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 6 December 1944.

[9] "Official Labor Wins Phillip Ward". Daily Mirror.

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