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Municipality of Ryde: election, 1885
Election date: 7 February 1885. For Central and West Wards only. For East Ward the number of nominations equalled the number of positions (1)
Aldermen elected: (2)
Central Ward: William JACKSON
East Ward: John FORSYTH (elected unopposed)
West Ward: Henry William WATTS
Aldermen who served during 1885-1886: (3)
Paul BENSON; Alfred BEST; John FORSYTH; Frank GALLARD; Gerard Edgar HERRING; William JACKSON; James ROSS; Andrew Octavius SMALL; Henry William WATTS
Mayor: (4)
James ROSS
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References:
(1) Sydney Morning Herald 5 February 1885 p12
(2) Council minutes: Special meeting 11 February 1885
(3) Council minutes
(4) Ald. Ross was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 11 February 1885
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.