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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). | |||
==References== | |||
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