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1889 Cardiff County Borough Council election

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961: 58:. With its municipal year running from November, the November 1889 elections were the first all-Cardiff elections in the town since becoming a county borough. Not all council seats were up for election, because councillors stood down for election in rotation. The next all-Cardiff election took place 85:
put down largely to the winning side being better organised, generally with more vehicles available to carry voters to the polling stations. In the West ward, Conservative candidate Mr E.J. Smith was president of the local Lincensed Victuallers Association, so secured the support of every publican.
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by-election, which had happened only five weeks beforehand and should have been a warning to the Liberals in the November election. The South ward by-election took place on 23 September in the docks area of the town and had been won by the Conservative candidate, their first representation in the
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ward, which both elected two councillors. There were contrasting results in these wards, which the
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In 1889 the council consisted of 30 councillors who were elected by the town's voters and ten
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Contests took place in only two wards, the West ward and the
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was held on Friday 1 November 1889 to elect councillors to
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Cardiff 1889-1974 - The Story of the County Borough
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Index

Cardiff County Borough Council
Cardiff
Wales
Cardiff Town Council
in November 1888
county borough
Local Government Act 1888
on 1 November 1890
aldermen
Canton
South ward
Liberal
Liberal
Independent
Liberal
Swing
Liberal
Swing
Conservative
Conservative
Liberal
Liberal
Conservative
Swing
Conservative
Liberal
Swing


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