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Municipality of Marsfield: election, 1894
FIRST COUNCIL
Election date: 9 August 1894 (1)
Aldermen elected: (2)
East Ward: John Frederick JESSON; Andrew Octavius SMALL; Edward Alpheus STERLAND
West Ward: Frederick Allen BAYLIS; Maurice Allen Hyde FITZHARDINGE; Charles WHITTAKER
Aldermen who served during 1894: (3)
Frederick Allen BAYLIS (4); Maurice Allen Hyde FITZHARDINGE; John Frederick JESSON; Andrew Octavius SMALL; Edward Alpheus STERLAND; Charles WHITTAKER
Mayor:
Maurice Allen Hyde FITZHARDINGE (5)
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References:
(1) Cumberland Argus 4 August 1894 p5, 8. Aldermen were elected for three years but in the first few years of the Council one alderman from each ward was obliged to resign, determined by who had received the least votes at the first election. Thereafter, as their three year term expired, the aldermen would retire but could seek re-election
(2) Cumberland Argus 11 August 1894 p8, NSW Government Gazette 17 August 1894 p5170 recorded:
West Ward: Frederick Allan Baylis elected for year ending February 1895
Arthur Maurice Hyde Fitzhardinge elected to February 1896
Charles Whittaker elected to February 1897
East Ward: John Frederick Jesson elected for year ending February 1895
Andrew Octavius Small elected to February 1896
Edward Alpheus Sterland elected to February 1897
NOTE: Arthur Maurice Hyde Fitzhardinge should be Maurice Arthur Hyde Fitzhardinge
(3) Various newspaper reports of meetings see eg Cumberland Argus 15 December 1894 p7
(4) Cumberland Argus 11 August 1894 p8 listed ‘Allen Bayless’; The Australian Star 4 August 1894 p5 listed F A Bayliss; NSW Government Gazette 17 August 1894 p5170 listed ‘Baylis’. In addition to the discrepancy about the surname, sometimes he was referred to as Frederick Allen, Frederick Allan or Allen. There was a death registered in New South Wales in 1940 of a Frederick Allen Baylis which may be him
(5) Ald. Fitzhardinge was elected Mayor: Cumberland Argus 18 August 1894 p7
Compiled by Local Studies & Family History Librarian, City of Ryde Libraries, 2019
The Municipality of Ryde and the Municipality of Eastwood amalgamated on 1 January 1949.
Aldermen were elected for three years but in the first few years of the Council one alderman from each ward was obliged to resign, determined by who had received the least votes at the first election. Thereafter, as their three year term expired, the aldermen would retire but could seek re-election.