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Municipality of Ryde: election, 1898
Election date: 5 February 1898. Poll required for East and Central Wards only as the number of nominations for West Ward equalled the number of positions. (1)
Aldermen elected: (2)
Central Ward: Percy Albert LARKIN
East Ward: Robert Campbell SWAN
West Ward: Edward TERRY (elected unopposed)
Aldermen who served during 1898-1899: (3)
Edward Marsden BETTS; Walter HIBBLE; Samuel JORDAN; Percy Albert LARKIN; Thomas Smedley PIDDING; John REDSHAW; Robert Campbell SWAN; Edward TERRY; Edward WORTHINGTON
Mayor: (4)
Edward TERRY
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References:
(1) Council minutes ‘Nomination Day 1st February 1898’
(2) Sydney Morning Herald 2 February 1898 p8 and ‘Nomination Day 1st February 1898’, Sydney Morning Herald 7 February 1898 p6
(3) Council minutes
(4) Ald. Terry was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 10 February 1898; Sydney Morning Herald 14 February 1898 p7
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.