1925 Brisbane City Council election

1925 Brisbane City Council election
21 February 1925 (1925-02-21) 1928 →
20 seats on the Brisbane City Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader William Jolly John Keogh
Party United Labor
Seats won 14 6
Popular vote 62,288[1] 44,700
Percentage 58.2% 41.8%
Elected Lord Mayor

William Jolly
United

The 1925 Brisbane City Council election was held on 21 February to elect the Lord Mayor and councillors for each of the 20 wards of the City of Brisbane.[1][2] The election was the first for the City of Brisbane, which had been created from the amalgamation of 20 local governments the previous year.

  1. ^ a b "Nationalists' Civic Regime Emphatically Approved. - LABOUR MAKES NO HEADWAY. BALANCE OF POWER MAINTAINED. MAYOR JOLLY'S HUGE MAJORITY. | SOLID VOTING IN CONTINUOUS RAIN. - The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) - 20 Feb 1928". Trove. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Greater Brisbane. - ELECTION RESULTS. LABOR BADLY DEFEATED. Brisbane, February 22. - Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954) - 23 Feb 1925". Trove. Retrieved 26 March 2017.