Camberwell council election, 1934

The 1934 Camberwell council election was held on 23 August 1934.

Background

This election was notable for being the first conducted following the 1934 resubdivision of the City of Camberwell. This resulted in redrawing ward boundaries and the splitting of North Ward into two to create the North-East Ward and North-West Ward. All twelve positions were up for election in this year instead of the usual staggered annual elections.

The election also featured the first recount in the City of Camberwell for 14 years, after Henry Crawford challenged the initial results for South Ward.

Wards and results

Ward	Pre-1934				Swing	Electoral results	Post-1934
	Party		Councillor	Margin			Margin	Councillor	Party
North-East		Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Results	N/A	William Dimmick		Unknown
North-East		Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Results	N/A	John August		Unknown
North-East		Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Results	N/A	William Payne		Unknown
North-West		Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Results	N/A	Kenneth Macleay		Unknown
North-West		Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Results	N/A	Henry Leigh		Unknown
North-West		Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Results	N/A	Arthur Hislop		Unknown
Centre		Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Results	N/A	Robert Ball		Unknown
Centre		Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Results	N/A	Raymond Barnes		Unknown
Centre		Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Results	N/A	Walter Fordham		Unknown
South		Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Results	N/A	William Warner		Unknown
South		Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Results	N/A	James Nettleton		Unknown
South		Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Results	N/A	David Watson		Unknown

North-East Ward

Camberwell council election, 1934: North-East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unknown	John Samuel August	1,080	22.69
	Unknown	William Dimmick	1,281	26.92
	Unknown	Frank Norman Le Leu	869	18.26
	Unknown	Albert Gordon Park	739	15.53
	Unknown	Wiliam John Payne	963	20.24
Total formal votes			4,932

Campaign

Allegations of preferential rates treatment: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10971333