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Municipality of Ryde: election, 1905
Election date: No poll was required as the number of nominations equalled the number of positions. (1)
Aldermen elected: (2)
Central Ward: Thomas COX (elected unopposed)
East Ward: Edward Marsden BETTS (elected unopposed)
West Ward: Charles Robert SUMMERHAYES (elected unopposed)
Aldermen who served during 1905-1906: (3)
David More ANDERSON; Sydney Albert BENSON; Edward Marsden BETTS; Thomas COX; John REDSHAW; Charles Robert SUMMERHAYES; Rowland Thomas SUTTON; William THOMPSON; Henry St John TUCKER
Mayor: (4)
William THOMPSON
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References:
(1) Council minutes ‘Nomination Day 7 February 1905’
(2) Cumberland Argus 18 February 1905 p8; Council minutes ‘Nomination Day 7 February 1905’
(3) Council minutes
(4) Ald. Thompson was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 14 February 1905; Cumberland Argus 18 February 1905 p8
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.