Civic Reform Association

Civic Reform Association
Founded 20 January 1920
Ideology Australian conservatism

The Civic Reform Association, variously known as the Civic Reform Movement[1] and the Citizens' Reform Association,[2] was an Australian non-aligned ratepayers' organisation that was formed by approximately seventy people at the Sydney Town Hall on 20 January 1920. Its aim was to remove the administration of the City of Sydney from the control of the Australian Labor Party.[3]

The following members of the association served in the ensuing years as Lord Mayor of Sydney: David Gilpin[4] 1923–1924; Ernest Marks 1930, Joseph Jackson[5] 1931, Sir Samuel Walder[6] 1932; Sir Alfred Parker 1934–1935; Archibald Howie 1936–1937; Stanley Crick[7] 1940–1942; Reg Bartley 1943–1944 & 1946–1948; William Neville Harding 1945; Sir Emmet McDermott[8] 1969–1972; David Griffin 1972–1973; Sir Nicholas Shehadie 1973–1975; Leo Port 1975–1978; Nelson Meers 1978–1980; and Jeremy Bingham 1989–1991. Parker Henson served as Chairman of the Sydney County Council.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Dictionary of Sydney Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "CITIZENS' REFORM ASSOCIATION.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 17 March 1928. p. 21. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "A CIVIC REFORM ASSOCIATION.". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 21 January 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "LORD MAYOR BLAMES REFORM.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 3 December 1924. p. 12. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "DEADLOCK.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 12 December 1934. p. 15. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "PERSONAL NOTES.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 2 January 1933. p. 6. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "MR. STANLEY CRICK AN ALDERMAN.". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 19 November 1935. p. 14. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Lord Mayor of Sydney.". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 8 October 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  9. ↑ Sydney's Alderman – William Parker Henson Retrieved 28 June 2013.
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