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]
| 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) |
History
editPhillip 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
editSecond incarnation (1900−1953)
edit| 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
edit1945 by-election
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "Local Government Election Results". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Little Interest in Local Elections". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 December 1944.
- ^ a b c Golder, Hilary. "A short electoral history of the Sydney City Council" (PDF). City of Sydney. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Election of Aldermen of the City of Sydney". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 10 December 1937.
- ^ "Lang candidate wins council by-election". Guinea Gold. 13 May 1945.
- ^ "The Municipal Council of Sydney". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 13 April 1945.
- ^ "Former Lord Mayor of Sydney dies". The Daily Telegraph. 7 April 1945. p. 6 – via Trove.
- ^ "Official Labor Wins Phillip Ward". Daily Mirror.
- ^ "The Election". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 November 1842.