1948 Sydney City Council election

1948 Sydney City Council election
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Turnout75%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Ernest Charles O'Dea.jpg
Portrait of Alderman Reginald James Bartley, Lord Mayor of Sydney (1943-1944, 1946-1948).jpg
Leader Ernest Charles O'Dea Reg Bartley Horace Foley
Party Labor Civic Reform Lang Labor
Leader's seat Phillip Ward Gipps Ward Phillip Ward
(lost seat)
Last election 8 seats 12 seats 0 seats
Seats before 7[a] 11[b] 1[a]
Seats won 19 seats 9 seats 2 seats
Seat change Increase 12 Decrease 2 Increase 1

The 1948 Sydney City Council election was held on 4 December 1948 to elect councillors to the City of Sydney, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.[2]

Labor won a majority on council for the first time in 21 years, defeating the Civic Reform Association.[3]

Although scheduled to be held as part of the statewide local elections in 1947, the election was delayed by a year.[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. ^ "City of Sydney poll result". The Daily Telegraph. 6 December 1948.
  3. ^ "City Council Election". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 December 1948.
  4. ^ "City Elections". City of Sydney. Kings Cross Times. The usual triennial municipal elections due December 1947, were postponed by the Government for 12 months.


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