1944 New South Wales local elections

1944 New South Wales local elections
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The 1944 New South Wales local elections were held on 2 December 1944 to elect the councils of the 301 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales.

The Sydney Morning Herald noted that "little interest" was shown in the elections, with low turnout in the 163 municipalities and 138 shires − in some LGAs, turnout was as low as 25%.[1]

A total of 16 members of the Australian Communist Party were elected − the party's best-ever result at a local, state or federal level.[2] This included five Communists elected to Kearsley Shire Council, which gave the party a majority.[3]

Other notable results included the re-election of the Civic Reform Association in Sydney, the Progressive Municipal Labor Party losing all of its seats in Cessnock, and 12 Lang Labor candidates (including nine incumbent aldermen) being defeated in Auburn.[1]

Results

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References

  1. ^ a b "Little Interest in Local Elections". Trove. Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ Mowbray, Martin (November 1986). "The Red Shire of Kearsley, 1944-1947: Communists in Local Government" (PDF). Labour History. 51 (51). Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Inc.: 83–94. doi:10.2307/27508799. JSTOR 27508799. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ "KEARSLEY COUNCIL ELECTS PRESIDENT". Trove. Tribune.