1944 Sydney City Council election

1944 Sydney City Council election
← 1941 2 December 1944 1948 →
Turnout22.5%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Reg Bartley Ernest Charles O'Dea Horace Foley
Party Civic Reform Labor Lang Labor
Leader's seat Gipps Ward Phillip Ward None (contested Phillip Ward)
Seats won 12 seats 8 seats 0 seats
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Percentage 34.44% 32.61% 25.09%

The 1944 Sydney City Council election was held on 2 December 1944 to elect 20 councillors to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia.[2]

The election saw the Civic Reform Association, which had controlled the council since 1930, re-elected.[3]

Lang Labor came close to a victory in Phillip Ward, where Horace Foley had the second-highest primary vote. However, Labor retained all four seats.[4]

  1. ^ Golder, Hilary. "A short electoral history of the Sydney City Council" (PDF). City of Sydney. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Local Government Election Results". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ^ "Little Interest in Local Elections". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. ^ "Sweeping victory for Civic Reform in City poll". The Sun. 3 December 1944.