1925 Brisbane City Council election

1925 Brisbane City Council election

21 February 1925
Registered	146,557
Turnout	83.42%
Lord Mayor
First party Second party   Candidate William Jolly John Keogh Party United Labor Popular vote 68,644 48,325 Percentage 58.69% 41.31%
Lord Mayor before election Position established Elected Lord Mayor William JollyUnited
Aldermen
All 20 wards on the City Council10 wards needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– United William Jolly 52.57 14 Labor 42.19 6 Independent N/A 5.24 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 1925 Brisbane City Council election was held on 21 February to elect the Lord Mayor and councillors for each of the 20 wards of the City of Brisbane.^[1][2] The election was the first for the City of Brisbane, which had been created from the amalgamation of 20 local governments the previous year.

Map of the City of Brisbane, with former local authority boundaries and boundaries of the new electoral wards

The new council was composed of 21 Aldermen, 20 elected from single member wards that aligned with state electoral district boundaries within the city, and the Lord Mayor who was elected by the city as one electorate. All persons who were on the state electoral roll at an address within the city boundaries were electors for the City Council.

Results

The election was conducted under the Queensland Elections Act (1915)^[3] so voting was compulsory^[4] and the Contingent vote was used.^[5]

These results are final, after the distribution of any contingent votes (preferences).

Lord Mayor

1925 Brisbane mayoral election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	William Jolly	68,644	58.69
	Labor	John Keogh	48,325	41.31
Total formal votes			116,969	95.99
Informal votes			4,882	4.01
Turnout			121,851
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Wards

Summary

Queensland local government election, 21 February 1925[7][8]Brisbane City Council –1928 >>
Enrolled voters		146,557
Votes cast		122,259		Turnout	83.42
Informal votes		4,751		Informal	3.89
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	United	67,776	52.57	-	14	-
	Labor	49,571	42.19	-	6	-
	Independent	6,161	5.24	-	0	-
Total		122,259			20

Brisbane

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Brisbane Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Patrick Teefey	2,126	54.89
	United	William John Foster	1,565	40.41
Total formal votes			3,691	95.30
Informal votes			182	4.70
Turnout			3,873	67.71
	Laborwin		(new seat)

Bulimba

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Bulimba Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Alfred Harrison	3,759	52.32
	Labor	Sydney Nickson	3,427	47.69
Total formal votes			7,186	96.78
Informal votes			239	3.22
Turnout			7,425	87.82
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Buranda

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Buranda Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Laurie	3,201	54.88
	United	George William Bennett	2,632	45.12
Total formal votes			5,833	94.86
Informal votes			316	5.14
Turnout			6,149	89.49
	Laborwin		(new seat)

Enoggera

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Enoggera Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Ernest Lanham	3,798	53.37
	Labor	George Taylor	2,766	38.87
	Independent	James Cock	552	7.76
Total formal votes			7,116	96.72
Informal votes			241	3.28
Turnout			7,357	87.72
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Fortitude Valley

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Fortitude Valley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Patrick Keogh	2,834	54.20
	United	James Burrows	2,395	45.80
Total formal votes			5,229	95.37
Informal votes			254	4.63
Turnout			5,483	83.11
	Laborwin		(new seat)

Ithaca

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Ithaca Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Robert Warmington	2,842	47.54
	United	Leslie Howard Tooth	2,433	40.70
	Independent	Richard James Burnett	703	11.76
Total formal votes			5,978	94.04
Informal votes			379	5.96
Turnout			6,357	86.67
	Laborwin		(new seat)

Kelvin Grove

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Kelvin Grove Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	John Tait	2,942	50.65
	Labor	Thomas Magner	2,866	49.35
Total formal votes			5,808	96.43
Informal votes			215	3.57
Turnout			6,023	85.22
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Kurilpa

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Kurilpa Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Ernest Barstow	3,140	58.59
	Labor	Edward Kersley	2,219	41.41
Total formal votes			5,359	96.21
Informal votes			211	3.79
Turnout			5,570	86.00
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Logan

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Logan Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	John Soden	3,421	48.68
	Labor	Lauchlan Howatson	2,401	34.16
	Independent	William Edward Donnellan	1,206	17.16
Total formal votes			7,028	95.26
Informal votes			350	4.74
Turnout			7,378	87.88
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Maree

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Maree Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Elliott	2,901	48.75
	United	George Tedman	2,888	48.53
	Independent	Matthew Colclough Snr	162	2.72
Total formal votes			5,844	97.04
Informal votes			178	2.96
Turnout			6,022	81.15
	Laborwin		(new seat)

Merthyr

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Merthyr Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	James Thomas MacMinn[6]	3,103	53.10
	Labor	Peter Alfred McLachlan	2,741	46.90
Total formal votes			5,844	97.04
Informal votes			178	2.96
Turnout			6,022	81.15
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Nundah

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Nundah Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Frederick William Bradbury	3,612	60.36
	Labor	Joseph William Ingham	2,372	39.64
Total formal votes			5,984	97.24
Informal votes			170	2.76
Turnout			6,154	80.44
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Oxley

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Oxley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Fredrick Arthur Stimpson	4,590	68.43
	Labor	Arthur Allen Elliott	2,118	31.57
Total formal votes			6,708	96.87
Informal votes			217	3.13
Turnout			6,925	84.66
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Paddington

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Paddington Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Arthur Fihelly	2,917	60.94
	United	William John Smout	1,870	39.06
Total formal votes			4,787	95.38
Informal votes			232	4.62
Turnout			5,019	80.34
	Laborwin		(new seat)

Sandgate

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Sandgate Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	William Frederick Schulz	3,771	59.39
	Labor	Christopher Joseph Keogh	2,579	40.61
Total formal votes			6,350	95.79
Informal votes			279	4.21
Turnout			6,629	85.12
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

South Brisbane

1925 Brisbane City Council election: South Brisbane Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Robert William Henry Long	2,770	53.87
	Labor	Joseph Patrick Finn	2,372	46.13
Total formal votes			5,142	96.06
Informal votes			211	3.94
Turnout			5,353	80.74
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Toombul

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Toombul Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Hugh McDiarmid Russell	3,635	62.63
	Labor	William George Nicholson	1,554	26.77
	Independent	Isaac William Butters	615	10.60
Total formal votes			6,710	97.23
Informal votes			191	2.77
Turnout			6,901	85.26
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Toowong

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Toowong Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Archibald Watson	4,607	68.66
	Labor	Edwin August Keefer	2,103	31.34
Total formal votes			6,710	97.23
Informal votes			191	2.77
Turnout			6,901	85.26
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Windsor

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Windsor Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Thomas Prentice	3,588	56.28
	Labor	Herbert George Carrigan	2,041	32.02
	Independent	Ernest Downey	746	11.70
Total formal votes			6,375	95.98
Informal votes			267	4.02
Turnout			6,642	85.92
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Wynnum

1925 Brisbane City Council election: Wynnum Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	William Logan Dart	1,333	28.82
	Independent	John William Greene	1,298	28.06
	Labor	Francis John O'Driscoll	1,115	24.11
	Independent	Joseph Curtis	650	14.05
	Independent	George Heymer	229	4.95
Total formal votes			4,625	94.99
Informal votes			244	5.01
Turnout			4,869	68.22
	Unitedwin		(new seat)

Candidates

Ward	Labor candidate	United candidate	Other candidates
Lord Mayor	John Keogh[9]	William Jolly[9]
Brisbane	J. P. Teefey[6][9]	W. J. Foster[6]
Bulimba	S. Nickson[6]	A. Harrison[2][6]
Buranda	A. Laurie[2]	G. W. Bennett[6]
Enoggera	G. Taylor[6]	E. Lanham[10]	G. Cock (Ind)[6]
Fortitude Valley	J. P. Keogh[6]	James Burrows[11]
Ithaca	W. R. Warmington[6]	L. H. Tooth[6][12]	R. J. Burnett (Ind)[6]
Kelvin Grove	T. Magner[6]	J. J. Tait[6]
Kurilpa	E. Kersley[6]	E. Barstow[2]
Logan	L. Howatson[6]	J. Soden[2]	W. E. Donnellan (Ind)[6]
Maree	A. Elliott[6]	Geo. Tedman[13]	M. Colclough (Ind)[6]
Merthyr	P. A. McLachlan[6]	J. T. MacMinn[14]
Nundah	J. W. Ingham[6]	F. W. Bradbury[6]
Oxley	A. A. Elliott[6]	F. A. Stimpson[6]
Paddington	John Fihelly	W. J. Smout[15]
Sandgate	C. J. Keogh[6]	W. F. Schulz[6]
South Brisbane	J. P. Finn[6]	R. W. H. Long[6]
Toombul	G. Nicholson[6]	H. M. Russell[6][11]
Toowong	E. A. Keefer[6]	A. Watson[16]
Windsor	H. G. Carrigan[6]	T. Prentice[6]	H. Downey[6]
Wynnum	F. J. O'Driscoll[6]	Bill Dart	John William Greene (Ind)[2]J. Carter (Ind)[6]G. Heymer (Ind)[6]

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4. Elections Act 1915 (Qld) s 63
5. Elections Act 1915 (Qld) s 65
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