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Municipality of Ryde: election, 1883
Election date: 10 February 1883 for West Ward only. For Central and East Ward the number of nominations equaled the number of positions (1)
Aldermen elected: (2)
Central Ward: Paul BENSON (elected unopposed)
East Ward: James ROSS (elected unopposed)
West Ward: Alfred BEST
Aldermen who served during 1883-1884: (3)
Paul BENSON; Alfred BEST; William BISHOP; John FORSYTH; Gerard Edgar HERRING; George LOVELL; James ROSS; Henry William WATTS; William John WHITFIELD
Mayor: (4)
Gerard Edgar HERRING
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References:
(1) Sydney Morning Herald 7 February 1883 p3
(2) Council minutes: Special meeting 14 February 1883
(3) Council minutes
(4) Ald. Herring was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 14 February 1883
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.