Portland Year Book

Portland Year Book 1905

URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS

The first Election of the Portland Urban District Council took place in December 1894 the Council remaining in office till March 1895 when the six members lowest on the poll retired from office. Six members retire in rotation every year. The ballot was used for the first time in a local election in December, 1894.

1894-1905

Out of an electorate of over 1,000 not one-half exercised the franchise There were 18 members elected as follows :

J. J. PATTEN	318	Not Elected
J. LANO	314
R PEARCE	313	E. C. Fisher	163
G H. SMITH	277	H. W. Attwooll	163
J. H. MAINS MD	266	W. T. Flew	159
B. COMBEN	264	W. J. Miller	158
J. WORDEN	262	E. M. Marwood	158
E. JAMES PEARCE	250	J. T. Read	152
RICHARD WHITE	249	H Hibbs	150
E JOHN PEARCE	246	H. Dunkley	143
J. P. SCRIVEN	225	C. Talbot	140
ROBERT WHITE	209	G. Mitchell	136
W. EDWARDS	208	W. Jolliffe	105
J. M. BENNETT	205	R. Cox	97
J. PEARCE	187	W. A. H. Scriven	90
H, FLEW	183	R. Comben	87
W. PANGBOURNE	183	J. R Pearce	74
R R HANCOCK	170

1896

RICHARD SCORE, Jun.	228	Not Elected:-
ROBERT STONE	228	E. A. Collins	154
H. W. ATTWOOLL	214	C. Talbot	154
E. C. FISHER	214	H. A. Dunkley	113
J. M. BENNETT	200	W. Edwards	108
W COOMBE	185	R Cox	89

Only two of the retiring Councillors, Messrs Bennett and Edwards sought re-election.

1897

H J SANSOM	207	Not Elected.
J. WORDEN	202	J. L. Webster	141
RICHARD WHITE	189	J. P. Scriven	138
R. LANO	171	G. Mitchell	130
H ATTWOOLL	156	W J. Miller	126
A. HODDER	146	W. T. Flew	109
		E. J. Pearce	108
		W. Edwards	88
		H. Attwooll	84
		H. Hibbs	62
		E. W. Cross	60

Messrs. Scriven and Pearce, retiring Councillors were defeated. Only 400 electors voted out of over 1,400.

1898

J. J. PATTEN	302	Not Elected
J. LANO	275	J. R. Otter	104
B. COMBEN	245	J. S Pearce	102
G. H. SMITH	232
R PATTEN	186
L. WEBSTER	156

Messrs. R. Patten and Webster tool; the places of Messrs R. Pierce and Dr. Mains, retired.

1899 - No Contest


H. W. ATTWOOLL		J. R. OTTER
J. M. BENNETT		R. SCORE
E. C. FISHER		- DEANE

Mr. W. Coombe retired

1900

JOHN WORDEN	184	Not Elected -.
RICHARD WHITE .	151	Abel Attwooll	106
ROBERT WHITE	145	W. H. Symes	85
H. J. SANSOM	141	A. Hodder	72
HENRY ATTWOOLL	122	H. Hinde	50
RICHARD LANO	114

1901

J. LANO	395	Not Elected:-
J. J. PATTEN	388	W. Marshall	245
H. SANSOM	360	A. Score	225
G. H. SMITH	343	R. Patten	210
B. COMBEN	327	A. Attwooll	190
W. EDWARDS	321	J. Pearce	90
A. G. COOMBE	247

1902

ELIJAH ALLEN	554	Not Elected:-
A. G. COOMBE	518	S. Osmonde	354
J. M. BENNETT	437	W. Lillywhite	342
HENRY HIBBS	425	W. Marshall	332
H. W. ATTWOOLL	376	E. C. Fisher	316
SIMON PEARCE	368	Robert Patten	210
		Joseph Pearce	91
		R W. Pearce	58

1903

HENRY ATTWOOLL .	579	Not Elected:-
RICHARD LANO	535	Sid Osmond	394
H. J. SANSOM	529	Wm. Hopper	325
ABEL ATTWOOLL	523	Wm. Lillywhite	293
ROBERT WHITE	519	Wm. Marshall	242
RICHARD WHITE	469	Robert Patten	206
		John Brown	161

1904

WILLIAM EDWARDS	626
JOSEPH SAMPSON	450
HENRY SANSOM.	429	Not Elected:-
JONATHAN LANO	426	John J. Patten	339
BARTHOLOMEW COMBEN	391	John Allen	334
GEO. H. SMITH	378

1905

* ELIJAH ALLEN	709	Not Elected:-
G. P. HAYES	665	S. G. Osmond	287
* S. PEARCE	665	R. Comben	246
* J. M. BENNETT	494	E. C. Fisher	195
JOHN ALLEN	459
* A. G. COOMBE	434
E. A. COLLINS	399

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