| Phillip Ward New South Wales — Sydney City Council | |
|---|---|
| Created | 1842 (first incarnation) 1900 (second incarnation) 1959 (third incarnation) |
| Abolished | 1850 (first) 1953 (second) 1987 (third) |
| 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]
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]
By1900, 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.
| Year | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Ernest Charles O'Dea | Labor | John Farrell | Labor | John Armstrong | Labor | Paddy Stokes | Labor | ||||
| 1941 | Sydney George Molloy | Labor | ||||||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||||||
| 1945 | Horace Foley | Lang Labor | ||||||||||
| 1948 | J. J. Carroll | Labor | R. J. Frazer | Labor | J. A. Bodkin | Labor | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 1,853 | 51.3 | +12.4 | |
| Labor | J. C. Carroll | 1,047 | 29.0 | −12.9 | |
| Progressive | A. R. Sloss | 603 | 16.7 | +16.7 | |
| Independent | J. Carroll | 111 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 3,614 | 98.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 71 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,685 | ||||
| Lang Labor gain from Labor | Swing | +12.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Ernest Charles O'Dea (elected) | 1,075 | 41.9 | ||
| Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 998 | 38.9 | ||
| Labor | John Armstrong (elected) | 188 | 7.3 | ||
| Independent | L. Drury | 141 | 5.5 | ||
| Labor | Paddy Stokes (elected) | 54 | 2.1 | ||
| Labor | Sydney George Molloy (elected) | 36 | 1.4 | ||
| Independent | E. Taylor | 33 | 1.3 | ||
| Lang Labor | S. H. Howey | 22 | 0.9 | ||
| Lang Labor | J. Barry | 15 | 0.6 | ||
| Lang Labor | L. C. Killmore | 4 | 0.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,566 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Armstrong | unopposed | |||
| Labor | S. G. Molloy | unopposed | |||
| Labor | Ernest Charles O'Dea | unopposed | |||
| Labor | Paddy Stokes | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 19,000 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Edward Flood | 295 | |||
| Independent | James Robert Wilshire | 269 | |||
| Independent | Neale | 222 | |||
| Independent | Taylor | 203 | |||
| Independent | Blackman | 187 | |||
| Independent | Wallace | 115 | |||
| Independent | Hayes | 69 | |||
| Independent | Grose | 33 | |||
