# 1944 Sydney City Council election

The 1944 Sydney City Council election was held on 2 December 1944 to elect 20 councillors to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia.
The election saw the Civic Reform Association, which had controlled the council since 1930, re-elected.
Lang Labor came close to a victory in Phillip Ward, where Horace Foley had the second-highest primary vote. However, Labor retained all four seats.

## Results

1944 New South Wales local elections: Sydney :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Civic Reform | Civic Reform | 4,032 | 34.44 | 12 |
| | Labor | Labor | 3,819 | 32.61 | 8 |
| | Lang Labor | Lang Labor | 2,938 | 25.09 | 0 |
| | Independent | Independent | 920 | 7.86 | |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | Formal votes | 11,709 | 100.0 | |

### Fitzroy

1944 New South Wales local elections: Fitzroy Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Civic Reform | Arthur McElhone (elected) | 1,267 | 45.5 |
| | Lang Labor | P. McDonnell | 548 | 19.7 |
| | Independent | E. P. Tressider | 495 | 17.8 |
| | Independent | J. H. Catts | 168 | 6.0 |
| | Civic Reform | William James Bradley (elected) | 130 | 4.7 |
| | Independent | N. C. Jackson | 56 | 2.0 |
| | Civic Reform | Kenneth Stewart Williams (elected) | 36 | 1.3 |
| | Independent | G. Harrington | 27 | 1.0 |
| | Lang Labor | T. A. H. Mooney | 26 | 0.9 |
| | Civic Reform | William Parker Henson (elected) | 12 | 0.4 |
| | Lang Labor | V. R. Maney | 11 | 0.4 |
| | Lang Labor | C. L. Wagner | 6 | 0.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,782 | |

### Flinders

1944 New South Wales local elections: Flinders Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | John James Carroll (elected) | 1,178 | 43.1 |
| | Lang Labor | N. C. Christie | 838 | 30.7 |
| | Labor | Tom Shannon (elected) | 292 | 10.7 |
| | Labor | Dan Minogue (elected) | 229 | 8.4 |
| | Lang Labor | R. B. White | 73 | 2.7 |
| | Lang Labor | B. Cooley | 62 | 2.3 |
| | Labor | Anthony Doherty (elected) | 34 | 1.2 |
| | Lang Labor | E. J. McKenna | 25 | 0.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,731 | |

### Gipps

1944 New South Wales local elections: Gipps Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Civic Reform | Ernest Samuel Marks (elected) | 1,093 | 67.0 |
| | Lang Labor | Susan Francis | 224 | 13.7 |
| | Civic Reform | Reginald James Bartley (elected) | 158 | 9.7 |
| | Lang Labor | E. J. O'Reilly | 39 | 2.4 |
| | Lang Labor | E. P. McCudden | 38 | 2.3 |
| | Civic Reform | James McMahon (elected) | 38 | 2.3 |
| | Civic Reform | Stanley Crick (elected) | 33 | 2.0 |
| | Lang Labor | R. McPherson | 9 | 0.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,632 | |

### Macquarie

1944 New South Wales local elections: Macquarie Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Civic Reform | William Neville Harding (elected) | 1,112 | 55.7 |
| | Labor | J. S. Garden | 573 | 28.7 |
| | Labor | E. S. Glasgow | 122 | 6.1 |
| | Civic Reform | William Becker (elected) | 75 | 3.8 |
| | Civic Reform | Herbert Gordon Carter (elected) | 45 | 2.3 |
| | Civic Reform | Frank Grenville Pursell (elected) | 33 | 1.7 |
| | Labor | E. C. Sheiles | 24 | 1.2 |
| | Labor | A. W. Thompson | 14 | 0.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,998 | |

### Phillip

1944 New South Wales local elections: Phillip Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Ernest Charles O'Dea (elected) | 1,075 | 41.9 |
| | Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 998 | 38.9 |
| | Labor | John Armstrong (elected) | 188 | 7.3 |
| | Independent | L. Drury | 141 | 5.5 |
| | Labor | Paddy Stokes (elected) | 54 | 2.1 |
| | Labor | Sydney George Molloy (elected) | 36 | 1.4 |
| | Independent | E. Taylor | 33 | 1.3 |
| | Lang Labor | S. H. Howey | 22 | 0.9 |
| | Lang Labor | J. Barry | 15 | 0.6 |
| | Lang Labor | L. C. Killmore | 4 | 0.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,566 | |