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== References == | '''Albert Edward Hocking''' was a councillor on [[City of Camberwell|Camberwell City Council]] representing [[North Ward]], serving two separate terms from 1919 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1926. He also served as mayor for two terms from 1923-1924 and again from 1924-1925.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article257141038 |title=Social Afternoon at Camberwell. |newspaper=[[Box Hill Reporter]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=17 July 1925 |access-date=12 May 2020 |page=4 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref name="28Aug1923CamberwellTheAge">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203624979 |title=CAMBERWELL. |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=28 August 1923 |access-date=12 May 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}</ref> | ||
==Politics== | |||
===Camberwell Council=== | |||
Hocking won his first election by just five votes in August 1919.<ref>The Argus. 'Municipal Elections - Several Labour Successes'. 29 August 1919, pg.8. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4699366, accessed: 2 July 2016</ref> | |||
Supporter of the unimproved rating system, introduced during his first mayoral term in 1923.<ref name="28Aug1923CamberwellTheAge" /> | |||
Lost the 1922 election after a campaign fought largely on the nature of the rating system that should be adopted by the Council.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article257162960 |title=SOCIAL AT CAMBERWELL. |newspaper=[[Reporter]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=13 October 1922 |access-date=12 May 2020 |page=5 |via=Trove }}</ref> | |||
Did not seek re-election in 1926 due to being away in England. Succeeded by [[Arthurt Ernest Vine|Arthurt Vine]], who was elected unopposed.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article257144411 |title=CAMBERWELL CITY. |newspaper=[[Box Hill Reporter]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=13 August 1926 |access-date=12 May 2020 |page=5 |via=Trove }}</ref> | |||
===Melbourne City Council=== | |||
Stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for Melbourne City Council.<ref name="Allandale2Mar1940TheAge">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204428025 |title=ALLANDALE |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=2 March 1940 |access-date=12 May 2020 |page=28 |via=Trove }}</ref> | |||
===State politics=== | |||
Ran for preselection for the [[wikipedia:United Australia Party|United Australia Party]] for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He was also chief president of the [[wikipedia:National Party of Australia – Victoria|United Country Party]] (UCP) and unsuccessfully stood for election for [[wikipedia:Southern Province (Victoria)|Southern Province]] in the [[wikipedia:Victorian Legislative Council|Victorian Legislative Council]].<ref name="Allandale2Mar1940TheAge" /> | |||
Stood as a candidate for the UCP in 1940 for [[wikipedia:Electoral district of Allandale|Allandale]], an electoral district north-west of [[wikipedia:Ballarat|Ballarat]]. He was roundly criticised by the Labor candidate for Allandale and the leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party, [[wikipedia:John Cain (34th Premier of Victoria)|John Cain]]. | |||
He was [[wikipedia:Electoral results for the district of Allandale|unsuccessful]], obtaining 38.8 percent of votes against Labor's [[wikipedia:Patrick Denigan|Patrick Denigan]] who won with 61.2 percent of votes (after preferences). | |||
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[[City of Camberwell councillors]] | [[City of Camberwell councillors]] | ||
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Albert Edward Hocking was a councillor on Camberwell City Council representing North Ward, serving two separate terms from 1919 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1926. He also served as mayor for two terms from 1923-1924 and again from 1924-1925.[1][2]
Politics
Camberwell Council
Hocking won his first election by just five votes in August 1919.[3]
Supporter of the unimproved rating system, introduced during his first mayoral term in 1923.[2]
Lost the 1922 election after a campaign fought largely on the nature of the rating system that should be adopted by the Council.[4]
Did not seek re-election in 1926 due to being away in England. Succeeded by Arthurt Vine, who was elected unopposed.[5]
Melbourne City Council
Stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for Melbourne City Council.[6]
State politics
Ran for preselection for the United Australia Party for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He was also chief president of the United Country Party (UCP) and unsuccessfully stood for election for Southern Province in the Victorian Legislative Council.[6]
Stood as a candidate for the UCP in 1940 for Allandale, an electoral district north-west of Ballarat. He was roundly criticised by the Labor candidate for Allandale and the leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party, John Cain.
He was unsuccessful, obtaining 38.8 percent of votes against Labor's Patrick Denigan who won with 61.2 percent of votes (after preferences).
References
- ↑ "Social Afternoon at Camberwell.", 17 July 1925, p. 4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "CAMBERWELL.", 28 August 1923, p. 10.
- ↑ The Argus. 'Municipal Elections - Several Labour Successes'. 29 August 1919, pg.8. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4699366, accessed: 2 July 2016
- ↑ "SOCIAL AT CAMBERWELL.", 13 October 1922, p. 5.
- ↑ "CAMBERWELL CITY.", 13 August 1926, p. 5.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "ALLANDALE", 2 March 1940, p. 28.