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Municipality of Ryde: election, 1881
Election date: 5 February 1881. Required only for Central Ward. For East and West Wards the number of nominations equaled the number of positions (1)
Aldermen elected: (2)
Central Ward: William John WHITFIELD
East Ward: Gerard Edgar HERRING (elected unopposed)
West Ward: Henry William WATTS (elected unopposed)
Aldermen who served during 1881-1882: (3)
Paul BENSON; William BISHOP; Robert COLVIN; William COULTER (4); James Squire FARNELL (5); Gerard Edgar HERRING; William JACKSON; George TUCKWELL; Henry William WATTS; William John WHITFIELD
Mayor: (6)
Gerard Edgar HERRING
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References:
(1) Sydney Morning Herald 2 February 1881 p6 and Sydney Morning Herald 7 February 1881 p3
(2) Sydney Morning Herald 2 February 1881 p6 and Sydney Morning Herald 7 February 1881 p3 and Special meeting of 8 February 1881 and meeting of 11 February 1881; some of these sources listed Watts as William Henry Watts but the Government Gazette listed Henry William Watts. Subsequent years show him as Henry Watts.
(3) Council minutes
(4) Died December 1881. Replaced by James Squire Farnell
(5) Replaced Ald. Coulter who died December 1881. Created Extraordinary vacancy. James Squire Farnell was elected for East Ward. Council minutes 27 January 1882
(6) Ald. Herring was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 8 February 1881
Compiled by Local Studies and 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.