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Electoral returns, 1857-1991

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Unique IDAS-0970DateBetween 1st January 1857 and 1st January 1991Date qualifiercircaFormatLoose Papers Volume - HardcoverDescriptionThis series contains electoral returns and declarations of poll results for elections to Sydney City Council. There are two principal components:

Declarations of Poll: this comprises a single bound volume containing the names of candidates and showing the numbers of votes received by each, and indicating who was elected, for each Council election from 1857 to 1991. The political affliations (noted with abbreviations) of many post WWI Aldermen have been to added to the volume.

Election returns: comprising Supervising Officers' General Returns and Ward Returns, these are large (about A2 size) ledger-type pages, often with printed forms pasted over the original page, containing detailed results of votes cast for candidates, and indicating the successful candidates. These returns are extant from 1934 to 1991 and are held in the Archives.

The first Council election was on 1 November 1842. Whether declarations of poll records were created by the Council for the period before 1857 is not known. No such records are known to have survived. The Minutes of Council, for the first meeting after each election, usually list the successful candidates present at the meeting, and detail the election of the Mayor by the Councillors/Aldermen.

For information about the electoral system in use by the Council, see Hilary Golder: Sydney's Elections: A Short Electoral History of Sydney City Council 1842-1992 (SCC 1995).
Relationship summaryCREATED BY: Town Clerks Department AG-0040 (01/01/1857 to 01/01/1970)
CREATED BY: Administration Department AG-0003 (01/01/1971 to 01/01/1988)
CREATED BY: Treasury II AG-0027 (01/01/1989 to 01/01/1992)
RELATED TO: Administration of municipal elections AY-52 (01/01/1857) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Electoral Correspondence Files, 1924-1984

Election Nomination Papers, 1950-1984

Electoral Rolls, 1888-2004 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

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Source system ID970System of arrangementChronological by election date

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Creating agenciesTreasury IIAdministration DepartmentTown Clerk's DepartmentRelated activitiesAdministration of municipal elections

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