Phillip Ward (City of Sydney) explained

Federal:no
State:sydney
Phillip Ward
Abolished:1850
1953
1987
Electors:684 (1842)
2,499 (1900)
3,494 (1924)
7,048 (1934)
13,382 (1950)
33,465 (1959)
8,466 (1977)

Phillip Ward (also originally known as Phillip's Ward) was a ward of the Sydney City Council. It was one of six wards created for the inaugural election in 1842, and was abolished on two separate occasions before its final abolishment when all wards were removed in 1987.[1] [2]

History

Phillip Ward was created in 1842 ahead of the first election on 1 November. It had 684 electors and included the head of Darling Harbour, Chippendale, Pyrmont and Ultimo.[3]

By 1900, the ward had 2,499 electors. The ward was a stronghold for the Labor Party, who had a clean sweep on multiple occasions.[3] [4]

At the 1974 election, where Labor only won three seats across the entire council, Civic Reform won one of the Phillip Ward seats.[3]

Phillip Ward was abolished in 1987, along with all other Sydney City Council wards, in favour of an undivided council.

Councillors for Phillip Ward

Second incarnation (1900−1953)

YearCouncillorPartyCouncillorPartyCouncillorPartyCouncillorParty
1937 Ernest Charles O'DeaLabor John FarrellLabor John ArmstrongLabor Paddy StokesLabor
1941 Sydney George MolloyLabor
1944
1945 Horace FoleyLang Labor
1948 J. J. CarrollLabor R. J. FrazerLabor J. A. BodkinLabor

Election results

1945 by-election

1842

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local Government Election Results . Trove . Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. Web site: Little Interest in Local Elections . Trove . Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. Web site: Golder . Hilary . A short electoral history of the Sydney City Council . City of Sydney . https://web.archive.org/web/20240313231044/https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/-/media/corporate/files/publications/history/history-of-sydney-city-council/hs_chos_electoral_history.pdf?download=true#:~:text=Since%20the%20City%20of%20Sydney,is%20far%20more%20than%20local. . 13 March 2024.
  4. Web site: Election of Aldermen of the City of Sydney . Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . 10 December 1937.
  5. News: Former Lord Mayor of Sydney dies . . 7 April 1945 . 6 . Trove.