1925 Brisbane City Council election explained

Election Name:	1925 Brisbane City Council election
Flag Image:	CoA of Brisbane.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Next Election:	Brisbane City Council election, 1928
Next Year:	1928
Seats For Election:	20 seats on the Brisbane City Council
Leader1:	William Jolly
Color1:	6495ED
Party1:	United
Popular Vote1:	62,288
Percentage1:	58.2%
Seats1:	14
Leader2:	John Keogh
Party2:	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)
Popular Vote2:	44,700
Percentage2:	41.8%
Seats2:	6
Lord Mayor
After Election:	William Jolly
After Party:	United

The 1925 Brisbane City Council election was held on 21 February to elect the Lord Mayor and councillors for each of the 20 wards of the City of Brisbane.^{[1] [2]} The election was the first for the City of Brisbane, which had been created from the amalgamation of 20 local governments the previous year.

Results

Wards

Ward	Party		Councillor
Brisbane			Labor	J. P. Teefey
Bulimba			United	A. Harrison
Buranda			Labor	A. Laurie
Enoggera			United	E. Lanham
Fortitude Valley			Labor	J. P. Keogh
Ithaca			United	W. R. Warmington
Kelvin Grove			Labor	J. Tait
Kurilpa			United	E. Barstow
Logan			United	J. Soden
Maree			Labor	A. Elliott
Merthyr			United	J. T. MacMinn^[3]
Nundah			United	F. W. Bradbury
Oxley			United	F. A. Stimpson
Paddington			Labor	John Fihelly
Sandgate			United	W. F. Schulz
South Brisbane			United	R. W. H. Long
Toombul			United	C. W. Campbell
Toowong			United	Archibald Watson
Windsor			United	T. Prentice
Wynnum			United	Bill Dart

Candidates

Ward	Labor candidate	United candidate	Other candidates
	John Keogh^[4]	William Jolly
	J. P. Teefey	W. J. Foster
	S. Nickson	A. Harrison
	A. Laurie	G. W. Bennett
	G. Taylor	E. Lanham^[5]	G. Cock (Ind)
	J. P. Keogh	James Burrows^[6]
	W. R. Warmington	L. H. Tooth^[7]	R. J. Burnett (Ind)
	T. Magner	J. J. Tait
	E. Kersley	E. Barstow
	L. Howatson	J. Soden	W. E. Donnellan (Ind)
	A. Elliott	Geo. Tedman^[8]	M. Colclough (Ind)
	P. A. McLachlan	J. T. MacMinn^[9]
	J. W. Ingham	F. W. Bradbury
	A. A. Elliott	F. A. Stimpson
		W. J. Smout^[10]
	C. J. Keogh	W. F. Schulz
	J. P. Finn	R. W. H. Long
	G. Nicholson	H. M. Russell
	E. A. Keefer	A. Watson^[11]
	H. G. Carrigan	T. Prentice	H. Downey
	F. J. O'Driscoll		John William Greene (Ind) J. Carter (Ind) G. Heymer (Ind)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nationalists' Civic Regime Emphatically Approved. - LABOUR MAKES NO HEADWAY. BALANCE OF POWER MAINTAINED. MAYOR JOLLY'S HUGE MAJORITY. SOLID VOTING IN CONTINUOUS RAIN. - The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) - 20 Feb 1928. Brisbane Courier. 20 February 1928 . 2017-03-26.
2. Web site: Greater Brisbane. - ELECTION RESULTS. LABOR BADLY DEFEATED. Brisbane, February 22. - Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954) - 23 Feb 1925. Daily Mercury. 23 February 1925 . 2017-03-26.
3. Book: Pugh, Theophills P. . Pugh's Almanac, Directory and Gazetteer . 1926 . xx.
4. News: THE ISSUES FOR SATURDAY NEXT . . 16,294 . Queensland, Australia . 19 February 1925 . 11 October 2024 . 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION) . National Library of Australia.
5. News: The Enoggera Fight . . 16,294 . Queensland, Australia . 19 February 1925 . 11 October 2024 . 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION) . National Library of Australia.
6. News: Politics Not the Test . . 16,294 . Queensland, Australia . 19 February 1925 . 11 October 2024 . 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION) . National Library of Australia.
7. News: Is Not Labour Afraid? . . 16,294 . Queensland, Australia . 19 February 1925 . 11 October 2024 . 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION) . National Library of Australia.
8. News: Southside Finance . . 16,294 . Queensland, Australia . 19 February 1925 . 11 October 2024 . 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION) . National Library of Australia.
9. News: CAMPAIGN FOR MERTHYR. . . 20,924 . Queensland, Australia . 14 February 1925 . 13 October 2024 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
10. News: Labour's Pledges . . 16,294 . Queensland, Australia . 19 February 1925 . 11 October 2024 . 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION) . National Library of Australia.
11. News: Scan the Qualifications . . 16,294 . Queensland, Australia . 19 February 1925 . 11 October 2024 . 7 (5 O'CLOCK CITY EDITION) . National Library of Australia.