1934 Brisbane City Council election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1934 Brisbane City Council election was held on 28 April 1934 to elect the Lord Mayor and councillors for each of the 20 wards of the City of Brisbane, a local government areas (LGA) of Queensland, Australia.
The election was held separate to all other LGAs in Queensland, which had held elections a year prior in April 1933.[1]
Results
Lord Mayor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | William Jolly | 79,367 | 48.35 | ||
| National Citizens' | John William Greene | 76,524 | 46.62 | ||
| Communist | A. J. Paterson | 8,262 | 5.03 | ||
| Total formal votes | 164,153 | ||||
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| Labor win | (new seat) | ||||
Wards
| Ward[3] | Party | Alderman | |
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| Brisbane | Labor | J. A. Moir | |
| Bulimba | Labor | William McAuliffe | |
| Buranda | Labor | A. Laurie | |
| Enoggera | National Citizens' | Ernest Lanham | |
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | E. F. O'Brien | |
| Hamilton | National Citizens' | Archibald Houston Tait | |
| Ithaca | Labor | William Robert Warmington | |
| Kelvin Grove | Labor | W. J. Graham | |
| Kurilpa | Labor | Joseph Moore | |
| Logan | Labor | J. I. Brown | |
| Maree | Labor | Alexander Skirving | |
| Merthyr | Labor | H. C. H. Taaffe | |
| Nundah | Labor | A. E. J. Austin | |
| Oxley | National Citizens' | John Edward Lane | |
| Paddington | Labor | William Power | |
| Sandgate | National Citizens' | Eric Decker | |
| South Brisbane | Labor | W. V. Hefferan | |
| Toowong | Independent | Harry Massey | |
| Windsor | Labor | H. Williams | |
| Wynnum | National Citizens' | William Logan Dart | |
References
- ^ "Warwick Municipal Elections". Townsville Daily Bulletin. 11 April 1933.
- ^ "BRISBANE COUNCIL". The Toowoomba Chronicle And Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LXXIII, no. 105. Queensland, Australia. 4 May 1934. p. 7. Retrieved 1 July 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BRISBANE COUNCIL - Labour Secures Majority BRISBANE, April 29. - The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 - 1956) - 3 May 1934". Central Queensland Herald. 3 May 1934. Retrieved 20 March 2017.