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Municipality of Ryde: election, 1888
Election date: 11 February 1888 (1)
Aldermen elected: (2)
Central Ward: Thomas DEAN
East Ward: Thomas Smedley PIDDING
West Ward: Edward ATKINS jnr
Aldermen who served during 1888-1889: (3)
Edward ATKINS jnr; Alfred BEST; Thomas DEAN; John FORSYTH (4); James GOODSELL; Samuel JORDAN; George LOVELL; Charles Edwin MOULTON (5); Thomas Smedley PIDDING; James ROSS
Mayor: (6)
James ROSS
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References:
(1) Sydney Morning Herald 13 February 1888 p4
(2) Sydney Morning Herald 13 February 1888 p4 and Council minutes: meeting 13 February 1888
(3) Council minutes
(4) Replaced Ald. Moulton for Central Ward who had been disqualified for non-attendance for three consecutive months. Nominations were called for at a Special meeting of 23 October 1888. Poll was taken on 26 October 1888. Official declaration of poll took place on 27 October 1888. Council minutes
(5) Disqualified for non-attendance for three consecutive months, minuted at the official declaration of the poll on 27 October 1888. Replaced by John Forsyth
(6) Ald. Ross was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 14 February 1888
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.