Results of the 1944 New South Wales local elections

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]}

(Note: Some results only show vote totals for successful candidates).

Albury

1944 New South Wales local elections: Albury ^[4]

Party		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

Main article: 1944 Kearsley Shire Council election

Results of the 1944 New South Wales local elections

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First party Second party Third party   IND ALP Leader Bill Varty N/A A. Johnson Party Communist Independents Labor Seats won 5 seats 2 seats 1 seat Popular vote 4,149 3,084 703 Percentage 52.29% 38.66% 8.85% Swing 52.29

Largest party before election Independents Largest party after election Communist

Kearsley results

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
	Independents		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
	Independents		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
	Independents		1,278	43.30

North Illawarra

1944 New South Wales local elections: North Illawarra

Party		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

Main article: 1944 Sydney City Council election

1944 New South Wales local elections: Sydney ^{[7] [8]}

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	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

Willimbong

1944 Willimbong Shire Council election

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All 9 seats on Willimbong Shire Council 5 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   IND IND Party Independents Independent Labor Last election 6 seats Did not contest Seats before 6  ? Seats won 6 2 Seat change 2 Popular vote 3,588 934 Percentage 62.6% 16.3%   Third party Fourth party   COM Leader Richard Alfred Struck Colin Campbell Party Official Labor Communist Last election 3 seats Did not contest Seats before  ? 0 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 2 Popular vote 914 300 Percentage 15.9% 5.2%
Largest party before election Independents Largest party after election Independents

At the new council's inaugural meeting on Wednesday 6 December following the eleciton, Cr. Struck was re-elected unopposed to a sixth term as Shire President and Cr. Gleeson was elected as Deputy over Cr. McClellan at 5 votes to 4. ^[10]

Willimbong results

1944 New South Wales local elections: Willimbong Shire ^[11]

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independents	3,588	62.6	-4.9	6
	Independent Labor	934	16.3	+16.3	2	2
	Labor	914	15.9	-16.6	1	2
	Communist	300	5.2	+5.2	0
Total formal votes	5,736
Informal votes
Total formal ballots	1,912
Turnout
Registered voters

A Riding

1944 New South Wales local elections: Willimbong (A Riding) ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Oscar John "Jack" Washington (elected)	608	26.0	+2.5
	Labor	Richard Alfred Struck (elected)	528	22.6	−0.8
	Independent	Michael Joseph Gleeson (elected)	515	22.0	+0.7
	Communist	Colin Campbell	300	12.8	+6.6
	Labor	Arthur John Hunter-Boyd	281	12.0	new
	Labor	Sydney Charles Evans	105	4.5	new
Total formal votes			2,337
Informal votes
Total formal ballots			779
Registered electors
Turnout

B Riding

1944 New South Wales local elections: Willimbong (B Riding) ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hector MacPherson Waring (elected)	387	21.6	+3.3
	Independent	Carey Middleton M'Clellan (elected)	327	18.3	−0.5
	Independent Labor	John Joseph O'Donoghue (elected)	326	18.2	−3.7
	Independent	Arthur Frederick Thompson	312	17.4	+1.6
	Independent	Thomson Benson Corneliusen	207	11.6	new
	Independent	William Herbert Augustius Triebel	141	7.9	new
	Independent	Patrick George Taylor	88	4.9	−6.8
Total formal votes			1,788
Informal votes
Total formal ballots			596
Registered electors
Turnout

C Riding

1944 New South Wales local elections: Willimbong (C Riding) ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Hubert Marks (elected)	289	17.9	+2.3
	Independent	Herbert John Thomas Gorey (elected)	284	17.6	+0.5
	Independent	William Arbuckle (elected)	243	15.1	−3.3
	Independent	Martin Vincent Rourke	224	13.9	new
	Independent	Arthur Marston	223	13.8	−3.4
	Independent	Anton Marinus Poulsen	140	8.7	new
	Independent	Alan Dewer Malcom	124	7.7	new
	Independent	William Joseph Lamprell	84	5.2	new
Total formal votes			1,611
Informal votes
Total formal ballots			537
Registered electors
Turnout

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