Camberwell council election, 1915
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The 1915 Camberwell council election was held in August 1915. One seat in each of the three wards was up for election. Only one election was contested; the seat in South Ward, with the incumbent councillor, Edward Dillon, losing his position.[1]
Wards and results
| Ward | Pre-1915 | Swing | Electoral results | Post-1915[1] | ||||||
| Party | Councillor | Margin | Margin | Councillor | Party | |||||
| North | Independent | William McBeath | Unknown | N/A† | Results | N/A | William McBeath | Independent | ||
| Centre | Victorian Free Trade and Land Values League | William Renwick | Unknown | N/A† | Results | N/A | William Renwick | Victorian Free Trade and Land Values League | ||
| South | Independent | Edward Dillon | Unknown | Unknown | Results | 3.99 | Arthur Willison | Unknown | ||
† - election not held, incumbent unoppossed
‡ - incumbent councillor did not nominate for re-election
Campaign
Edward Dillon, the retiring councillor for South Ward, was defending his support of a controversial by-law to control wandering livestock. Arthur Willison opposed him at the 1915 election and defeated Dillon by 33 votes.[1] This was no small achievement, Dillon having served for the longest period of time of any councillor in Camberwell's or Boroondara's history.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Camberwell and Hawthorn Advertiser. Camberwell City. 4 September 1915. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article153605169, accessed: 19 October 2017
- ↑ Dillon, Paul (2015) 'Edward Dillon, the Forgotten Boroondara Warrior of Bench, Bank and Borough'. Melbourne: Dillon.