Country: | Sydney |
Election Date: | 2 December 1944 |
Previous Election: | 1941 Sydney City Council election |
Previous Year: | 1941 |
Next Election: | 1948 Sydney City Council election |
Next Year: | 1948 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Turnout: | 22.5%[1] |
Leader1: | Reg Bartley |
Leaders Seat1: | Gipps Ward |
Colour1: | 00A2FF |
Seats1: | 12 seats |
Percentage1: | 34.44% |
Leaders Seat2: | Phillip Ward |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) |
Seats2: | 8 seats |
Percentage2: | 32.61% |
Leader3: | Horace Foley |
Leaders Seat3: | None (contested Phillip Ward) |
Color3: | D6806B |
Seats3: | 0 seats |
Percentage3: | 25.09% |
The 1944 Sydney City Council election was held on 2 December 1944 to elect 20 councillors to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia.[2]
The election saw the Civic Reform Association, which had controlled the council since 1930, re-elected.[3]
Lang Labor came close to a victory in Phillip Ward, where Horace Foley had the second-highest primary vote. However, Labor retained all four seats.[4]