Jump to content

1925 Brisbane City Council election

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1925 Brisbane City Council election
21 February 1925 1928 →
Registered146,557
Turnout83.42%
Lord Mayor
  First party Second party
 
Candidate William Jolly John Keogh
Party United Labor
Popular vote 68,644 48,325
Percentage 58.7% 41.3%
Lord Mayor before election

Position established

 Elected Lord Mayor

William Jolly
United

Councillors
All 20 wards on the City Council
10 wards needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
United William Jolly 52.57 14
Labor 42.19 6
Independent N/A 5.24 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.


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.

Map of the City of Brisbane, with former local authority boundaries and boundaries of the new electoral wards

The new council was composed of 21 Aldermen, 20 elected from single member wards that aligned with state electoral district boundaries within the city, and the Lord Mayor who was elected by the city as one electorate. All persons who were on the state electoral roll at an address within the city boundaries were electors for the City Council.


Results

[edit]

The election was conducted under the Queensland Elections Act (1915)[3] so voting was compulsory[4] and the Contingent vote was used.[5]

These results are final, after the distribution of any contingent votes (preferences).

Lord Mayor

[edit]
1925 Brisbane mayoral election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United William Jolly 68,644 58.69
Labor John Keogh 48,325 41.31
Total formal votes 116,969 95.99
Informal votes 4,882 4.01
Turnout 121,851
United win (new seat)

Wards [7][8]

[edit]

Queensland local government election, 21 February 1925
Brisbane City Council
–1928 >>

Enrolled voters 146,557
Votes cast 122,259 Turnout 83.42
Informal votes 4,751 Informal 3.89
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  United 67,776 52.57 - 14 -
  Labor 49,571 42.19 - 6 -
  Independent 6,161 5.24 - 0 -
Total 122,259     20  


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United William John Foster 1,565 40.41
Labor Joseph Patrick Teefey 2,126 54.89
Total formal votes 3,691 95.30
Informal votes 182 4.70
Turnout 3,873 67.71
Labor win (new seat)
1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Alfred Harrison 3,759 52.32
Labor Sydney Nickson 3,427 47.69
Total formal votes 7,186 96.78
Informal votes 239 3.22
Turnout 7,425 87.82
United win (new seat)
1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United George William Bennett 2,632 45.12
Labor Arthur Laurie 3,201 54.88
Total formal votes 5,833 94.86
Informal votes 316 5.14
Turnout 6,149 89.49
Labor win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Enoggera
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Cock 552 7.76
United Ernest Lanham 3,798 53.37
Labor George Taylor 2,766 38.87
Total formal votes 7,116 96.72
Informal votes 241 3.28
Turnout 7,357 87.72
United win (new seat)
1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United James Burrows 2,395 45.80
Labor James Patrick Keogh 2,834 54.20
Total formal votes 5,229 95.37
Informal votes 254 4.63
Turnout 5,483 83.11
Labor win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard James Burnett 703 11.76
United Leslie Howard Tooth 2,433 40.70
Labor William Robert Warmington 2,842 47.54
Total formal votes 5,978 94.04
Informal votes 379 5.96
Turnout 6,357 86.67
Labor win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Kelvin Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Thomas Magner 2,866 49.35
Labor John Tait 2,942 50.65
Total formal votes 5,808 96.43
Informal votes 215 3.57
Turnout 6,023 85.22
Labor win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Ernest Barstow 3,140 58.59
Labor Edward Kersley 2,219 41.41
Total formal votes 5,359 96.21
Informal votes 211 3.79
Turnout 5,570 86.00
United win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Logan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Edward Donnellan 1,206 17.16
Labor Lauchlan Howatson 2,401 34.16
United John Soden 3,421 48.68
Total formal votes 7,028 95.26
Informal votes 350 4.74
Turnout 7,378 87.88
United win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Maree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Matthew Colclough Snr 162 2.72
Labor Alexander Elliott 2,901 48.75
United George Tedman 2,888 48.53
Total formal votes 5,844 97.04
Informal votes 178 2.96
Turnout 6,022 81.15
Labor win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United James Thomas MacMinn[6] 3,103 53.10
Labor Peter Alfred McLachlan 2,741 46.90
Total formal votes 5,844 97.04
Informal votes 178 2.96
Turnout 6,022 81.15
United win (new seat)
1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Frederick William Bradbury 3,612 60.36
Labor Joseph William Ingham 2,372 39.64
Total formal votes 5,984 97.24
Informal votes 170 2.76
Turnout 6,154 80.44
United win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Allen Elliott 2,118 31.57
United Fredrick Arthur Stimpson 4,590 68.43
Total formal votes 6,708 96.87
Informal votes 217 3.13
Turnout 6,925 84.66
United win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Arthur Fihelly 2,917 60.94
United William John Smout 1,870 39.06
Total formal votes 4,787 95.38
Informal votes 232 4.62
Turnout 5,019 80.34
Labor win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Christopher Joseph Keogh 2,579 40.61
United William Frederick Schulz 3,771 59.39
Total formal votes 6,350 95.79
Informal votes 279 4.21
Turnout 6,629 85.12
United win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Patrick Finn 2,372 46.13
United Robert William Henry Long 2,770 53.87
Total formal votes 5,142 96.06
Informal votes 211 3.94
Turnout 5,353 80.74
United win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Toombul
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Isaac William Butters 615 10.60
Labor William George Nicholson 1,554 26.77
United Hugh McDiarmid Russell 3,635 62.63
Total formal votes 6,710 97.23
Informal votes 191 2.77
Turnout 6,901 85.26
United win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edwin August Keefer 2,103 31.34
United Archibald Watson 4,607 68.66
Total formal votes 6,710 97.23
Informal votes 191 2.77
Turnout 6,901 85.26
United win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert George Carrigan 2,041 32.02
Independent Ernest Downey 746 11.70
United Thomas Prentice 3,588 56.28
Total formal votes 6,375 95.98
Informal votes 267 4.02
Turnout 6,642 85.92
United win (new seat)


1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ward of Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joseph Curtis 650 14.05
United William Logan Dart 1,333 28.82
Independent John William Greene 1,298 28.06
Independent George Heymer 229 4.95
Labor Francis John O'Driscoll 1,115 24.11
Total formal votes 4,625 94.99
Informal votes 244 5.01
Turnout 4,869 68.22
United win (new seat)

Candidates

[edit]
Ward Labor candidate United candidate Other candidates
Lord Mayor John Keogh[9] William Jolly[9]
Brisbane J. P. Teefey[6][9] W. J. Foster[6]
Bulimba S. Nickson[6] A. Harrison[2][6]
Buranda A. Laurie[2] G. W. Bennett[6]
Enoggera G. Taylor[6] E. Lanham[10] G. Cock (Ind)[6]
Fortitude Valley J. P. Keogh[6] James Burrows[11]
Ithaca W. R. Warmington[6] L. H. Tooth[6][12] R. J. Burnett (Ind)[6]
Kelvin Grove T. Magner[6] J. J. Tait[6]
Kurilpa E. Kersley[6] E. Barstow[2]
Logan L. Howatson[6] J. Soden[2] W. E. Donnellan (Ind)[6]
Maree A. Elliott[6] Geo. Tedman[13] M. Colclough (Ind)[6]
Merthyr P. A. McLachlan[6] J. T. MacMinn[14]
Nundah J. W. Ingham[6] F. W. Bradbury[6]
Oxley A. A. Elliott[6] F. A. Stimpson[6]
Paddington John Fihelly W. J. Smout[15]
Sandgate C. J. Keogh[6] W. F. Schulz[6]
South Brisbane J. P. Finn[6] R. W. H. Long[6]
Toombul G. Nicholson[6] H. M. Russell[6][11]
Toowong E. A. Keefer[6] A. Watson[16]
Windsor H. G. Carrigan[6] T. Prentice[6] H. Downey[6]
Wynnum F. J. O'Driscoll[6] Bill Dart John William Greene (Ind)[2]
J. Carter (Ind)[6]
G. Heymer (Ind)[6]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "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". Brisbane Courier. 20 February 1928. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Greater Brisbane. - ELECTION RESULTS. LABOR BADLY DEFEATED. Brisbane, February 22. - Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954) - 23 Feb 1925". Daily Mercury. 23 February 1925. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. ^ City of Brisbane Act 1924 (Qld) s 17(6)
  4. ^ Elections Act 1915 (Qld) s 63
  5. ^ Elections Act 1915 (Qld) s 65
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al Pugh, Theophills P. (1926). Pugh's Almanac, Directory and Gazetteer (PDF). pp. xx.
  7. ^ "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. No. 20, 939. Queensland, Australia. 4 March 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 17 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Salutary Defeat of Municipal Socialism: Ratepayers' Decisive Judgment". The Brisbane Courier. No. 20, 931. Queensland, Australia. 23 February 1925. p. 7. Retrieved 18 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ a b c "THE ISSUES FOR SATURDAY NEXT". The Telegraph. No. 16, 294. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1925. p. 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION). Retrieved 11 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "The Enoggera Fight". The Telegraph. No. 16, 294. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1925. p. 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION). Retrieved 11 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ a b "Politics Not the Test". The Telegraph. No. 16, 294. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1925. p. 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION). Retrieved 11 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Is Not Labour Afraid?". The Telegraph. No. 16, 294. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1925. p. 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION). Retrieved 11 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Southside Finance". The Telegraph. No. 16, 294. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1925. p. 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION). Retrieved 11 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "CAMPAIGN FOR MERTHYR". The Brisbane Courier. No. 20, 924. Queensland, Australia. 14 February 1925. p. 9. Retrieved 13 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "Labour's Pledges". The Telegraph. No. 16, 294. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1925. p. 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION). Retrieved 11 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Scan the Qualifications". The Telegraph. No. 16, 294. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1925. p. 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION). Retrieved 11 October 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1925_Brisbane_City_Council_election&oldid=1263917836"