# 1931 Brisbane City Council election

The 1931 Brisbane City Council election was held on 2 May 1931 to elect councillors for each of the 20 wards of the City of Brisbane. The election resulted in 8 seats for Labor, 7 seats for Civic Reform, 3 seats for non-party progressives and 2 seats for National Citizens. The new council elected John William Greene as Lord Mayor.

## Results
### Summary

| Ward | Party | Alderman |
| Brisbane | Civic Reform | Alfred Faulkner |
| Bulimba | Labor | William McAuliffe |
| Coorparoo | Labor | John Innes Brown |
| Enoggera | Nationalist Civic | Ernest Lanham |
| Hamilton | Civic Reform | Archibald Houston Tait |
| Ithaca | Labor | William Robert Warmington |
| Kelvin Grove | Labor | Peter Gaffney |
| Kurilpa | Labor | Joseph Moore |
| Logan | Nationalist Citizens | Robert Nixon-Smith |
| Maree | Labor | Alexander Skirving |
| Oxley | Progressives | John Edward Lane |
| Paddington | Labor | William Power |
| South Brisbane | Labor | Arthur Laurie |
| Sandgate | Progressives | Eric Decker |
| Stephens | Civic Reform | Robert Paine |
| Toombul | Civic Reform | Thomas Gregory Payne |
| Toowong | Civic Reform | Harry Massey |
| Valley | Civic Reform | Malcolm Peter Morrison Campbell |
| Windsor | Civic Reform | George Boardman Vickers |
| Wynnum | Progressives | John William Greene |

### Coorparoo

1931 Brisbane City Council election: Coorparoo Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | John Brown | 1,425 | 51.91 | |
| | Civic Reform | John Lackey | 1,320 | 48.09 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,745 | 98.89 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 31 | 1.12 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,776 | 77.67 | |
| | Labor win | Labor win | (new ward) | (new ward) | (new ward) |

### Enoggera

1931 Brisbane City Council election: Enoggera Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | James McGuire | 899 | 34.44 |
| | Nationalist Civic | Ernest Lanham | 755 | 28.93 |
| | Civic Reform | Stanley Chapman | 737 | 28.24 |
| | Ind. Progressive | Cecil Snartt | 219 | 8.39 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,610 | 97.79 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 59 | 2.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,669 | 74.24 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Nationalist Civic | Ernest Lanham | 1,407 | 53.91 |
| | Labor | James McGuire | 1,203 | 46.09 |
| | Nationalist Civic hold | Nationalist Civic hold | Swing | |

### Hamilton

1931 Brisbane City Council election: Hamilton Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Civic Reform | Archibald Tait | 2,052 | 58.76 | |
| | National Citizens | Charles Campbell | 957 | 27.41 | |
| | Non-party Progressive | Stanley Carrick | 503 | 14.40 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,492 | 97.22 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 100 | 2.78 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,592 | 85.32 | |
| | Civic Reform win | Civic Reform win | (new ward) | (new ward) | (new ward) |

### Paddington

1931 Brisbane City Council election: Paddington Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Bill Power | 1,999 | 56.56 |
| | Civic Reform | Benjamin Harding | 1,056 | 29.88 |
| | Non-party Progressive | James Leavy | 241 | 6.82 |
| | Independent Citizens' | Elizabeth Goldsmith | 238 | 6.73 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,534 | 91.34 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 335 | 8.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,869 | 91.31 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |