1842 Sydney City Council election

1842 Sydney City Council election
1 November 1842 1843 →
Lord Mayor before election

Charles Windeyer

 Subsequent Lord Mayor

John Hosking

The 1842 Sydney City Council election was held on 1 November 1842 to elect 24 aldermen to the City of Sydney in the colony of New South Wales.[1]

This was the first-ever election for Sydney after it was established on 20 July 1842. 49 candidates contested the elections, with polling open from 9am until 4pm.[2][3]

John Hosking was elected by alderman as lord mayor following the election.[4]

In Brisbane Ward, The Sydney Morning Herald observed that some electors chose not to vote "because they had promised their votes to five or six candidates," and after finding out they could only vote for four, chose not to vote at all.[5]

  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. ^ "City of Sydney - Election of Councillors". Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ^ "ELECTION OF ALDERMEN AND MAYOR". The Australian.
  4. ^ "ELECTION OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN". The Teetotaller and General Newspaper.
  5. ^ "The Election". Australasian Chronicle. 3 November 1842. Retrieved 2024-03-29.