Results of the 1934 New South Wales local elections

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1934 Willimbong Shire Council election

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All 8 seats on Willimbong Shire Council 5 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   IND IND Party Independents Ind. Labor Last election 7 seats 1 seat Seats before 7 1 Seats won 7 1 Seat change Popular vote 1,170 448 Percentage 72.3% 27.7% Swing 21.3 18.5[a]
Largest party before election Independents Largest party after election Independents

Elections were held in all ridings except A where the two incumbent councillors were returned unopposed.^[2][3]

Following the election, Cr. Mountford was reëlected Shire President at a margin of 5 votes to 3 over Cr. Enticknap and Cr. Struck was elected Deputy.^[4]

Riding	Elected councillor		Party
A		F. C. Mountford	Independent
		Tom J. Ashton	Independent
B		Ambrose George Enticknap	Independent Labor
		R. A. Struck	Independent
C		John S. Dooley	Independent
		W. J. Lamprell	Independent
D		T. Darchy	Independent
		H. L. Tooth	Independent

1934 New South Wales local elections: Willimbong Shire

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independents	1,170	72.3	-21.3	7
	Independent Labor	448	27.7	+18.5[a]	1
Total formal votes	1,618
Total formal ballots	809
Informal votes	19
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Registered voters

1934 New South Wales local elections: Willimbong (Riding A)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F. C. Mountford (elected unopposed)
	Independent	Tom J. Ashton (elected unopposed)
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1934 New South Wales local elections: Willimbong (Riding B)^[b]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Ambrose George Enticknap (elected)	329	35.6	+3.3
	Independent	R. A. Struck (elected)	291	31.5	−9.6
	Independent	M. E. Steen	185	20.0	new
	Independent Labor	E. Whybrow	119	12.9	new
Total formal votes			924
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1934 New South Wales local elections: Willimbong (Riding C)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Sylvester Dooley (elected)	151	29.6	−12.2
	Independent	W. J. Lamprell (elected)	125	24.5	new
	Independent	R. L. Black	61	12.0	new
	Independent	L. Jamieson	86	16.9	−11.0
	Independent	C. A. McCormack	87	17.1	−13.1
Total formal votes			510
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1934 New South Wales local elections: Willimbong (Riding D)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Darchy (elected)	79	42.9	+15.9
	Independent	H. L. Tooth (elected)	69	37.5	+7.0
	Independent	H. G. Lodge	36	19.6	new
Total formal votes			184
Informal votes
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