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Municipality of Ryde: election, 1903
Election date: 7 February 1903 for Central Ward only. In East and West Wards the number of nominations equalled the number of positions. (1)
Aldermen elected: (2)
Central Ward: William THOMPSON
East Ward: David More ANDERSON (elected unopposed)
West Ward: John REDSHAW (elected unopposed)
Aldermen who served during 1903-1904: (3)
David More ANDERSON; Sydney Albert BENSON; Edward Marsden BETTS; Thomas COX; Andrew GOODWIN; John REDSHAW; Rowland Thomas SUTTON; William THOMPSON; Henry St John TUCKER
Mayor: (4)
Edward Marsden BETTS
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References:
(1) Council minutes ‘Nomination Day 3 February 1903’ and Evening News 29 January 1903 p7
(2) Evening News 29 January 1903 p7; Evening News 9 February 1903 p6; Council minutes ‘Nomination Day 3 February 1903’
(3) Council minutes
(4) Ald. Betts was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 12 February 1903; Cumberland Argus 14 February 1903 p11
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.