1949 Brisbane City Council election
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30 April 1949
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| Registered | 274,601[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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All 20 aldermen on Brisbane City Council (excluding the mayor) 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 Brisbane City Council election was held on 30 April 1949 to elect a lord mayor and 20 aldermen to the Brisbane City Council.[3][4]
The Citizens' Municipal Organisation (CMO) was returned to power, winning a majority of wards.[5] In the lord mayoral election, J. B. Chandler was re-elected with an increased majority, defeating Labor candidate Felix Dittmer and Communist candidate Max Julius.[6][7]
Petronel White was elected to Hamilton Ward for the CMO, becoming the first woman to be elected as an alderman in an Australian capital city.[8][9]
At the time, Brisbane City Council used the first-past-the-post voting system, in contrast to the preferential voting system used at Queensland state and federal elections.[10] Voters were required to number "1" next to the name of their chosen candidate.[10]
Voting was compulsory for anyone over the age of 21 who had lived in the Greater Brisbane area for at least three months.[10]
Campaign
Endorsements
| Newspaper | Endorsement | |
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| Brisbane Telegraph | Citizens[11] | |
| The Courier-Mail | Citizens[12] | |
Retiring aldermen
Candidates
Incumbents are shown in bold text.[17] Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.[18]
| Ward | Held by | Citizens | Labor | Communist | Others |
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| Lord Mayor | Citizens | John Beals Chandler | Felix Dittmer[19] | Max Julius[20] | |
| Baroona | Labor | Robert William Martin | Charles Donald Smith[21] | ||
| Brisbane | Labor | Leslie Kellinger Addison | Robert Alexander Gray[21] | ||
| Bulimba | Labor | Frederick Walter Peterson | Thomas Holmes[21] | ||
| Buranda | Citizens | Russel Flexmore Roberts | J. Melloy | ||
| Enogerra | Citizens | Ernest Lanham | F. A. Eaton | ||
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | Lex David Ord | Tom Rasey | Albert Graham[22] | |
| Hamilton | Citizens | Petronel White | Harry Weld (Ind)[23] | ||
| Ithaca | Citizens | Leonard Stanley Rudd | Norman Lewis Buchan[24] | ||
| Kelvin Grove | Citizens | Richard Samuel Griffiths | Bert Milliner | George Winter Russell[21] | |
| Kurilpa | Labor | Edward David Harris | Tom Moores | ||
| Logan | Citizens | Horace Williams | O. Lewis | M. E. M. Hanson | |
| Maree | Citizens | Charles Percival Bottomley | A. Elliott | ||
| Merthyr | Labor | Aubrey William Lederle | Harold Summers Charlton[21] | ||
| Nundah | Citizens | William Morrow Cook | F. J. Diamond | ||
| Oxley | Citizens | John Edward Lane | R. C. E. Mansfield | ||
| Sandgate | Citizens | James Stevingstone Kerr | A. R. C. Hill | ||
| South Brisbane | Labor | Enoch McKenzie | Wilfred Coutts | E. Combey | |
| Toowong | Labor | William Richer Moon | W. T. H. Carr (Ind. CMO) | ||
| Windsor | Citizens | James Joseph Ryan | G. B. Mellifont | ||
| Wynnum | Citizens | Willie Russel McNeille Howard | Dorrie Cloherty[25] | K. K. Watson | S. Green (Ind) S. R. Ewart (WPP) |
