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Municipality of Ryde: election, 1896
Election date: 8 February 1896. Poll required for Central and West Wards only. In East Ward the number of nominations equalled the number of positions. Also, there was an Extraordinary vacancy in Central Ward due to Arthur L King resigning. (1)
Aldermen elected: (2)
Central Ward: Samuel JORDAN
Central Ward: Percy Albert LARKIN (Extraordinary vacancy)
East Ward: Edward Marsden BETTS (elected unopposed)
West Ward: Walter HIBBLE
Aldermen who served during 1896-1897: (3)
Edward Marsden BETTS; Walter HIBBLE; Samuel JORDAN; Charles KRUST; Percy Albert LARKIN; Thomas Smedley PIDDING; Robert Campbell SWAN; Edward TERRY; Edward WORTHINGTON
Mayor: (4)
Thomas Smedley PIDDING
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References:
(1) Council minutes ‘Nomination Day 4 February 1896'
(2) Cumberland Argus 11 January 1896 p6; Cumberland Argus 25 January 1896 p8; Sydney Morning Herald 10 February 1896 p5
(3) Council minutes
(4) Ald. Pidding was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 14 February 1896
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.