Municipality of Eastwood: election, 1932

Election date: 2 January 1932

Election in December 1931 was postponed; Ald. Sydney George Small resigned as a protest as he said his term should have finished on December 5 1931. Cumberland Argus 17 December 1931 p11. However, the election was held on Saturday 2 January 1932 (1)

Aldermen elected: (2)

Central Ward: Reginald Duthill Havelock BALL; Arthur Edgar DOLE; William Leicester RHODES

East Ward: Gabriel DUNLOP; John Churchman MATTHEWS; Reginald John SMALL

West Ward: Ernest John BOOTH; George MOORE; Charles William PICKFORD

Aldermen who served 1931/32-1934: (3)

Reginald Duthill Havelock BALL (4); Ernest John BOOTH; Arthur Edgar DOLE (5); Gabriel DUNLOP; John Churchman MATTHEWS; George MOORE (6); Charles William PICKFORD; William Leicester RHODES; Reginald John SMALL (7); James Francis WALSH (8)

Mayor:  

 George MOORE 1932 (9)

Reginald John SMALL 1933 until September (10)

Charles William PICKFORD 13 September – 18 October 1933 (11)

Reginald John SMALL 18 October 1933 - 31 December 1933 (12)

Reginald John SMALL 1934 (13)

Deputy Mayor:

Charles William PICKFORD 1932 (14)

George MOORE 1933 (15)

Arthur Edgar DOLE 1934 (16)

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References:

(1)   Cumberland Argus 4 January 1932 p1

(2)   Cumberland Argus 4 January 1932 p2

(3)   Council minutes

(4)   Resigned from Central Ward. Ald. Dole and Ald. Small also resigned. Minuted at Council meeting of 6 September 1933 Cumberland Argus 11 September 1933 p4; re-elected 30 September 1933 Cumberland Argus 3 October 1933 p2. See also Cumberland Argus 7 August 1933 p5 for background to the resignations

(5)   Resigned from Central Ward. Ald. Ball and Ald. Small also resigned. Minuted at Council meeting of 6 September 1933 Cumberland Argus 11 September 1933 p4; re-elected 30 September 1933 Cumberland Argus 3 October 1933 p2. See also Cumberland Argus 7 August 1933 p5 for background to the resignations 

(6)   Deceased 4 July 1933. Cumberland Argus 6 July 1933 p5. Replaced by James Francis Walsh whose first meeting was 2 August 1933 

(7)   Resigned from East Ward. Ald. Ball and Ald. Dole also resigned. Minuted at Council meeting of 6 September 1933 Cumberland Argus 11 September 1933 p4; re-elected 30 September 1933 Cumberland Argus 3 October 1933 p2. See also Cumberland Argus 7 August 1933 p5 for background to the resignations

(8)   Election day set as 29 July 1933 Sydney Morning Herald 8 July 1933 p2; attended from meeting of 2 August 1933; replaced Ald. Moore

(9)   Ald. Moore was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 6 January 1932. Cumberland Argus 18 January 1932 p6 

(10)   Ald. Small was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 21 December 1932

Resigned from East Ward, minuted at Council meeting of 6 September 1933, Cumberland Argus 11 September 1933 p4 and therefore ceased to be Mayor

(11)   Ald. Pickford was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 13 September 1933; Cumberland Argus 21 September 1933 p19. The election was made necessary by the  resignation of the Mayor Reginald John Small 

Ald. Pickford announced his intention to resign as Mayor Cumberland Argus 16 October 1933 p2 (because Reginald John Small had been re-elected at the recent by-election) 

(12)   Ald. Small was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 18 October 1933. He had been re-elected to Council 30 September 1933 Cumberland Argus 3 October 1933 p2. [NOTE: Typed date on minutes was 11 October 1933 but it had been changed by hand to 18 October 1933]

(13)   Ald. Small was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 20 December 1933. Cumberland Argus 28 December 1933 p10

(14)   Ald. Pickford was elected Deputy Mayor at a Special meeting on 6 January 1932

(15)   Ald. Moore was elected Deputy Mayor at an Ordinary meeting on 21 December 1932

(16)   Ald. Dole was elected Deputy Mayor at an Ordinary meeting on 17 January 1934

Compiled by Local Studies & Family History Librarian, City of Ryde Libraries, 2019