Municipality of Ryde: election, 1914

Election date: 31 January 1914 (1)

Aldermen elected at triennial election: (2)

Central Ward: John KELLY; John REDSHAW; William John WHITFIELD

East Ward: Sydney Charles HERRING; William REEVES; Rowland Thomas SUTTON

West Ward: David More ANDERSON; Reginald FITZROY; William Thomas RABONE

Aldermen who served during 1914-June 1917: (3)

David More ANDERSON; Henry Tregarthen DOUGLASS (4); Reginald FITZROY; Sydney Charles HERRING (5); John KELLY; Murdock MacLEOD (6); William Thomas RABONE (7); John REDSHAW; William REEVES; Charles Robert SUMMERHAYES (8); Rowland Thomas SUTTON; William John WHITFIELD

Mayor: 

Rowland Thomas SUTTON 1914 (9)

John KELLY 1915 (10)

John KELLY 1916 (11)

John KELLY 1917 (to 13 July) (12)

Deputy/Acting Mayor:

John KELLY part of June 1914 (13)

John REDSHAW for some months from September 1914 during Alderman Sutton’s absence (14)

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References:

(1)   Sydney Morning Herald 2 February 1914 p10 

(2)   Sydney Morning Herald 2 February 1914 p10. SMH listed F Herring and J Rabone but Cumberland Argus 7 February 1914 p4 listed Sydney Charles Herring and William Thomas Rabone

(3)   Council minutes

(4)   Elected 9 October 1915. At Ordinary meeting 15 October 1915 note re Extraordinary election held 9 October 1915 to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ald. MacLeod  

(5)   Resigned. Replaced by Murdock Macleod who was elected 9 January 1915. Declaration of poll in Council minutes 22 January 1915

(6)   Elected 9 January 1915 for East Ward. Replaced Ald. Herring. Declaration of poll in Council minutes 22 January 1915

Ald. Macleod resigned September 1915. Note in minutes of 15 October 1915 re Extraordinary election of 9 October 1915 to fill vacancy caused by Ald. Macleod’s resignation. Replaced by Henry Tregarthen Douglass

(7)   Ald. Rabone resigned, February 1915. Cumberland Argus 20 February 1915 p8. Replaced by Charles Robert Summerhayes

(8)   Charles Robert Summerhayes replaced Ald. Rabone. Poll: 6 March 1915, Cumberland Argus 27 February 1915 p11; Cumberland Argus 10 March 1915 p3. First Council meeting 19 March 1915

(9)   Ald. Sutton was elected Mayor at a Special meeting reported in Cumberland Argus 14 February 1914 p11. 

       At a meeting reported in Cumberland Argus 26 September 1914 p8 Alderman Sutton said he would have to ask to be relieved of his official duties, owing to the continued and serious illness of the Mayoress ‘for the time mentioned.’ Moved that Alderman Redshaw be appointed acting Mayor during the period of his absence. The motion was carried unanimously.

(10)   Ald. Kelly was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 12 February 1915 

(11)   Ald. Kelly was elected Mayor at a Special meeting on 11 February 1916 

(12)   There appears to have been no Special meeting at the beginning of 1917 to elect the Mayor. Ald. Kelly continued as Mayor

(13)   'A fortnight ago a majority of the Ryde Council elected Alderman Kelly deputy Mayor, to look after matters during the absences of the Mayor, who is staying at Woy Woy with his wife. At last Council meeting, Alderman Rabone moved “that the resolution of the council, ‘that Mr Alderman Kelly be appointed deputy-Mayor during the Mayor’s absence from the district,’ be and is hereby rescinded.” The motion was carried by one vote.’ Cumberland Argus 20 June 1914 p8

(14)  At a meeting reported in Cumberland Argus 26 September 1914 p8 Alderman Sutton said he would have to ask to be relieved of his official duties, owing to the continued and serious illness of the Mayoress ‘for the time mentioned.’ Moved that Alderman Redshaw be appointed acting Mayor during the period of his absence. The motion was carried unanimously.

NOTE: At regular Council meeting of 19 January 1917 there was communication from the Department of Local Government stating that the Minister for Local Government had postponed the municipal elections from 27 January 1917 to 30 June 1917

Source: Minutes begin 13 November 1914

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