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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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* [[South Ward]]: A. A. Williams against sitting councillor [[Arthur John Ernest Willison|Arthur Willison]]. | * [[South Ward]]: A. A. Williams against sitting councillor [[Arthur John Ernest Willison|Arthur Willison]]. | ||
While all three League candidates failed to unseat any of the existing councillors, the counts in both North and South Ward were very close; these being majorities of 15 and 34 respectively. | While all three League candidates initially seemed to have failed to unseat any of the existing councillors, the counts in both North and South Ward were very close; these being majorities of 15 and 34 respectively. After a recount on 12 September, the result in North Ward was changed in favour of Latham who was declared elected with a majority of 20 votes. In South Ward, Willison extended his lead over Williams from 34 to 40 and retained his seat. This left three out of nine councillors opposed to the rating changes.<ref>The Argus. 'Camberwell Recount - Mayor Loses his Seat'. 13 September 1921, pg.7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4656853, accessed: 2 July 2016</ref> | ||
===1922 court challenge to rating system=== | ===1922 court challenge to rating system=== | ||
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===1922 election and referendum=== | ===1922 election and referendum=== | ||
{{Main|Camberwell | {{Main|Camberwell council election, 1922}} | ||
[[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> |