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1925 Brisbane City Council election

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1925 Brisbane City Council election

February 21, 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.

Results

Ward[1] Party Councillor
Brisbane Labor J. P. Teefey
Bulimba United A. Harrison
Buranda Labor A. Laurie
Enoggera United E. Lanham
Fortitude Valley Labor J. P. Keogh
Ithaca United W. R. Warmington
Kelvin Grove Labor J. Tait
Kurilpa United E. Barstow
Logan United J. Soden
Maree Labor A. Elliott
Merthyr United A. M. Oxlade
Nundah United F. W. Bradbury
Oxley United F. A. Stimpson
Paddington Labor John Fihelly
Sandgate United W. F. Schulz
South Brisbane United R. W. H. Long
Toombul United C. W. Campbell
Toowong United Archibald Watson
Windsor United T. Prentice
Wynnum United Bill Dart

References

  1. ^ a b c "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.