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with the establishment of county councils and county borough councils. Initial proposals were to give county status to all counties and ten boroughs with a population greater than 150,000. According to the 1881 census, Cardiff had a population of 123,000 and was growing rapidly. They petitioned to be
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on Monday 8 April 1889, chaired by the Deputy Mayor (Mayor David Jones was in London on
Parliamentary business). Five other Aldermen and 22 councillors were in attendance. In his introductory remarks Deputy Mayor Lewis suggested (to laughter) that councillors should be paid for their duties. Amongst
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Cardiff was given county borough status and its council became a county borough council, taking effect from 1 April 1889. The only noticeable change was the insertion of the word "County" into the council's title, Cardiff County
Borough Council. The borough's municipal year began and ended each
416:, Labour recovered some ground on the Conservative Party, winning back seats in Cathays and Grangetown. The Conservative Lady Mayoress, Mary Hallinan, was the most prominent casualty, losing in the Central ward. Labour also recovered a seat from
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Cardiff had become a fully self-governing borough in 1835, with a new council becoming effective from 1 January 1836 (though it did not acquire a full-time salaried clerk until 1884). The council elected a town
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and West - each with six councillors who stood down for re-election in 3-yearly rotation. From July 1890 ten electoral wards were created, of
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between 1889 and 1974. The county borough council was replaced in 1974 by a district council, covering part of
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November, so legislation to increase their functions came later (this initially included education and the
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and a report compiled by the town clerk proposing extensions to the county borough's boundaries.
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were incorporated into
Cardiff, together with the creation of new wards of
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took place on 1 November 1889, though contests took place in only the
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594:. 2 November 1889. p. 6 – via Welsh Newspapers Online.
409:. The new City Hall was officially opened three days beforehand.
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first full council elections to the new county borough council
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given county borough status too. On 11 June 1888 the town's
556:"Cardiff City Hall and Law Courts - The Opening Ceremonies"
484:, The Corporation of the City of Cardiff, pp. 258–259
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334:In 1889 there were five electoral wards -
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644:"Labour whoop for joy on poll triumph".
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436:was subdivided, with Cardiff and the
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588:"The Municipal Elections - Cardiff"
432:. The old administrative county of
260:On Monday 29 October 1906, the new
127:, headquarters of the city council
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271:In 1922 parts of the parishes of
631:Evening Express and Evening Mail
457:B. W. Row, F. G. Squire (1974),
34:(Cardiff County Borough Council)
1132:1974 disestablishments in Wales
606:"Municipal Election At Cardiff"
482:Cardiff - A History Of The City
818:Cardiff County Borough Council
147:Cardiff County Borough Council
79:South Glamorgan County Council
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414:local elections on 7 May 1970
135:Cardiff's Victorian Town Hall
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663:The Cardiff Book: Volume I.
139:Cardiff Town Hall 1853-1906
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16:Former council in Wales
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190:each year.
149:, known as
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1107:Superseded
467:References
360:Grangetown
350:, Canton,
293:Whitchurch
235:River Taff
181:Background
108:4 May 1972
1147:Glamorgan
1078:Abolished
809:Abolished
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374:and four
364:Riverside
348:Adamsdown
327:and West
307:Elections
289:St Fagans
281:Llanishen
266:Lord Bute
262:City Hall
163:Glamorgan
85:Elections
53:Disbanded
372:Liberals
362:, Park,
338:, East,
277:Llandaff
219:aldermen
212:Poor Law
716:Cardiff
577:, p. 42
512:, p. 16
451:Sources
412:At the
356:Central
352:Cathays
301:Gabalfa
297:Penylan
159:Cardiff
45:Founded
40:History
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391:Grange
370:. Six
368:Splott
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325:Canton
273:Caerau
202:, Sir
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340:Roath
231:Roath
188:mayor
167:Wales
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