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Municipality of Ryde: election, 1894
Election date: No poll required as number of nominations equalled the number of positions in each Ward (1)
Aldermen elected: (2)
Central Ward: Edward WORTHINGTON (elected unopposed)
East Ward: Thomas Smedley PIDDING (elected unopposed)
West Ward: Charles KRUST (elected unopposed)
Aldermen who served during 1894-1895: (3)
Edward Marsden BETTS; John FORSYTH (4); Walter HIBBLE; Samuel JORDAN; Charles KRUST; William Henry LOCKE (5); John George NORTH; Thomas Smedley PIDDING; Thomas POTTS; Edward WORTHINGTON
Mayor: (6)
Samuel JORDAN
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References:
(1) Council minutes ‘Nomination Day 6 February 1894’
(2) Council minutes ‘Nomination Day 6 February 1894’
(3) Council minutes
(4) Retired. Cumberland Argus 11 August 1894 p8; tendered letter of resignation tabled at meeting of 20 July 1894. Replaced by William Henry Locke
(5) Replaced Ald. Forsyth. Cumberland Argus 18 August 1894 p10; first meeting attended 17 August 1894. Council minutes: Nomination Day 9 August 1894; poll taken 14 August 1894
(6) Ald. Jordan was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 12 February 1894
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.