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===1921 election=== | ===1921 election=== | ||
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The League ran candidates in each of the three retiring councillors:<ref>The Argus. ''Municipal Elections List of Nominations - Interesting Issues''. 12 August 1921. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4675420, accessed: 9 October 2017</ref> | The League ran candidates in each of the three retiring councillors:<ref>The Argus. ''Municipal Elections List of Nominations - Interesting Issues''. 12 August 1921. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4675420, accessed: 9 October 2017</ref> | ||
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===1922 election and referendum=== | ===1922 election and referendum=== | ||
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[[File:Camberwell Ratepayers' Protection League newspaper ad, 1922 Camberwell election.JPEG|thumb|300px|right|Ads were run by the League urging voters to vote against the 1922 referendum.]] | [[File:Camberwell Ratepayers' Protection League newspaper ad, 1922 Camberwell election.JPEG|thumb|300px|right|Ads were run by the League urging voters to vote against the 1922 referendum.]] | ||
The League again became involved in the second council election of the period dominating by the rating issue. A second referendum on the rating issue was also held at the same time in response to the petition organised by the League in July. It ran one candidate, [[John Donald Howie|John Howie]], against the sitting councillor, [[Albert Edward Hocking|Albert Hocking]]. Hocking had been a proponent of the new rating system and had declared himself in favour during the election campaign.<ref>The Argus. ''Municipal Elections - Polling on Thursday''. 22 August 1922. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1840303, accessed: 8 October 2016</ref> Howie won the election by 45 votes.<ref>The Argus. ''Municipal Elections''. 25 August 1922. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1840865, accessed: 8 October 2016</ref> This left the council with five councillors in favour of the new system and four against.<ref name="Argus22Nov1922">The Argus. ''Rating on Land Values''. 22 November 1922. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1856823, accessed: 9 October 2017</ref> | The League again became involved in the second council election of the period dominating by the rating issue. A second referendum on the rating issue was also held at the same time in response to the petition organised by the League in July. It ran one candidate, [[John Donald Howie|John Howie]], against the sitting councillor, [[Albert Edward Hocking|Albert Hocking]]. Hocking had been a proponent of the new rating system and had declared himself in favour during the election campaign.<ref>The Argus. ''Municipal Elections - Polling on Thursday''. 22 August 1922. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1840303, accessed: 8 October 2016</ref> Howie won the election by 45 votes.<ref>The Argus. ''Municipal Elections''. 25 August 1922. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1840865, accessed: 8 October 2016</ref> This left the council with five councillors in favour of the new system and four against.<ref name="Argus22Nov1922">The Argus. ''Rating on Land Values''. 22 November 1922. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1856823, accessed: 9 October 2017</ref> | ||