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1 Results  



1.1  Summary  





1.2  Coorparoo  





1.3  Enoggera  





1.4  Hamilton  





1.5  Paddington  







2 Notes  





3 References  














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1931 Brisbane City Council elections

← 1928 2 May 1931 (1931-05-02) 1934 →

20 seats on the Brisbane City Council
  First party Second party
 
Party Labor Civic Reform
Last election 5 wards 0 wards
Seats won 8 wards 7 wards
Seat change Increase3 Increase7

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Non-Party Progressives National Citizens
Last election 0 wards 16 wards
Seats won 3 wards 2 wards
Seat change Increase3 Decrease14

Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election

Archibald Watson
National Citizens

Subsequent Lord Mayor

John William Greene
Progressives

The 1931 Brisbane City Council election was held on 2 May 1931 to elect councillors for each of the 20 wards of the City of Brisbane. The election resulted in 8 seats for Labor, 7 seats for Civic Reform, 3 seats for non-party progressives and 2 seats for National Citizens. The new council elected John William Greene as Lord Mayor.[1][2]

Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

Ward[3][4] Party Councillor
Brisbane Civic Reform A. Faulkner
Bulimba Labor W. M'Auliffe
Coorparoo Labor J. I. Brown
Enoggera National Citizens E. Lanham
Hamilton Civic Reform A. H. Tait
Ithaca Labor W. R. Warmington
Kelvin Grove Labor P. Gaffney
Kurilpa Labor J. Moore
Logan National Citizens R. Nixon Smith
Maree Labor A. Skirving
Oxley[5] Progressives J. E. Lane
Paddington Labor William Power
South Brisbane Labor A. Laurie
Sandgate Progressives Eric Decker
Stephens Civic Reform R. Paine
Toombul Civic Reform T. G. Payne
Toowong[5] Civic Reform Harry Massey
Valley Civic Reform M. P. M. Campbell
Windsor Civic Reform G. B. Vickers
Wynnum[5] Progressives John William Greene

Coorparoo[edit]

1931 Brisbane City Council election: Coorparoo Ward[a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Brown 1,425 51.91
Civic Reform John Lackey 1,320 48.09
Total formal votes 2,745 98.89
Informal votes 31 1.12
Turnout 2,776 77.67
Labor win (new ward)

Enoggera[edit]

1931 Brisbane City Council election: Enoggera Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James McGuire 899 34.44
Nationalist Ernest Lanham 755 28.93
Civic Reform Stanley Chapman 737 28.24
Non-party Progress Cecil Snartt 219 8.39
Total formal votes 2,610 97.79
Informal votes 59 2.21
Turnout 2,669 74.24
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Ernest Lanham 1,407 53.91
Labor James McGuire 1,203 46.09
Nationalist hold Swing

Hamilton[edit]

1931 Brisbane City Council election: Hamilton Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Civic Reform Archibald Tait 2,052 58.76
Nationalist Charles Campbell 957 27.41
Non-party Progress Stanley Carrick 503 14.40
Total formal votes 3,492 97.22
Informal votes 100 2.78
Turnout 3,592 85.32
Civic Reform win (new ward)

Paddington[edit]

1931 Brisbane City Council election: Paddington Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Power 1,999 56.56
Civic Reform Benjamin Harding 1,056 29.88
Non-party Progress James Leavy 241 6.82
Independent Citizens' Elizabeth Goldsmith 238 6.73
Total formal votes 3,534 91.34
Informal votes 335 8.66
Turnout 3,869 91.31
Labor hold Swing

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ These were the last results published. The report noted that the "[f]ew outstanding results cannot affect results".[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "LORD MAYOR OF BRISBANE. - Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954) - 16 May 1931". Trove. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  • ^ "Brisbane's Lord Mayors | Brisbane City Council". www.brisbane.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  • ^ "POLLING SUMMARY. - Primary and Contingent Votes. - The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) - 4 May 1931". Trove. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  • ^ "CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS". Telegraph. Brisbane. 17 April 1931. p. 1. Retrieved 27 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  • ^ a b c "BRISBANE COUNCIL ELECTION - LORD MAYOR DEFEATED - Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW : 1896 - 1938) - 8 May 1931". Trove. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  • ^ "DETAILS OF VOTING". The Worker. Brisbane. 6 May 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 19 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

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