- Source: 1948 Sydney City Council election
The 1948 Sydney City Council election was held on 4 December 1948 to elect councillors to the City of Sydney, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
Labor won a majority on council for the first time in 21 years, defeating the Civic Reform Association.
Although scheduled to be held as part of the statewide local elections in 1947, the election was delayed by a year.
Background
In 1947, the state Labor government expanded the boundaries of the City of Sydney to include the following municipalities:
Alexandria
Darlington
Erskineville
Newtown
Paddington
Redfern
The Glebe
Waterloo
This saw the number of councillors increase from 20 to 30. The existing five four-member wards − Fitzroy, Flinders, Gipps, Macquarie and Phillip − were unchanged, while another four were created:
Newtown Ward (four councillors)
Glebe Ward (two councillors)
Redfern Ward (two councillors)
Paddington Ward (two councillors)
This was also the first Sydney City Council election to use first-past-the-post, replacing preferential voting. The change only lasted several years.
Campaign
Civic Reform campaigned against Labor on a message of "keeping local government in Sydney free of politics".
114 candidates contested the election, with seven different groups endorsing candidates:
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