Municipality of Ryde: election, 1908

FIRST TRIENNIAL ELECTION

Election date: 1 February 1908 (1)

Aldermen elected: (2)

Central Ward: Sydney Albert BENSON; Thomas COX; John KELLY

East Ward: David More ANDERSON; Henry William BERNARD; Rowland Thomas SUTTON

West Ward: Anthony William DARVALL; John REDSHAW; Walter Kirke WHITE

Aldermen who served during 1908-1910: (3)

David More ANDERSON; Sydney Albert BENSON; Henry William BERNARD; Thomas COX; Anthony William DARVALL (4); John KELLY; Frank William LEE (5); John REDSHAW; Charles Robert SUMMERHAYES (6); Rowland Thomas SUTTON; Walter Kirke WHITE (7)

Mayor:

David More ANDERSON 1908 (8)

John REDSHAW 1909 (9)

John REDSHAW 1910 (10)

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References:

(1)   Confirmed in Council minutes of Special meeting of 7 February 1908 

(2)   Confirmed in Council minutes of Special meeting of 7 February 1908. Walter Kirke White was variously shown as Kirk White Cumberland Argus 5 February 1908 p2, K White The Australian Star 3 February 1908 p5, A W Kirke-White in Wallumetta by M C I Levy, p161. When he resigned, his name was recorded as Kebblewhite in the Sydney Morning Herald 30 June 1910 p6. His death notice in Sydney Morning Herald 30 April 1914 p10 showed him as Walter Kirke White 

(3)   Council minutes

(4)   Died 10 September 1910. Replaced by Frank William Lee for West Ward 

(5)   Replaced Ald. Darvall for West Ward. First meeting attended was 7 October 1910 

(6)   In place of Ald. White. Recorded in minutes of Ordinary meeting of 1 July 1910 that Charles Robert Summerhayes had filled Extraordinary vacancy for West Ward. Election took place 25 June 1910. Sydney Morning Herald 30 June 1910 p6

(7)   Resigned. At Council meeting of 3 June 1910 ‘Ald Kirk-White tendered his resignation as an alderman for West Ward’. There had been issues raised at the Special meeting of 4 February 1910 as to Kirke White’s eligibility Cumberland Argus 12 February 1910 p4. Also at meeting of 25 February 1910 ‘Mr. Ald. Anderson called attention to the presence of Mr. Ald Kirke White alledging that he had forfeited his seat by residing outside the district and having sold his property, Ald. Anderson leaving the table as a protest.’ Replaced at election of 25 June 1910 by Charles Robert Summerhayes

(8)   Ald. Anderson was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 7 February 1908 

(9)   Ald. Redshaw was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 11 February 1909 

(10) Ald. Redshaw was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 4 February 1910

Compiled by Local Studies and Family History Librarian, City of Ryde Libraries, 2019