{{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox political party |name = Civic Reform Association |native_name = |logo = |leader = |leader1_title = |leader1_name = |president = |foundation = 20 January 1920 |ideology = Australian conservatism |dissolved = c. 1991 |predecessor = |youth_wing = |newspaper = |headquarters = |position = |international = |colorcode = #00A2FF |seats1_title = |seats1 = |seats2_title = |seats2 = |country = New South Wales |country2 = Australia }}
The '''Civic Reform Association''' ('''CRA'''), also known as the '''Civic Reform Movement''', the '''Civic Reform Party''' or simply '''Reform''', was an Australian ratepayers' organisation and local political party which contested elections for the City of Sydney.<ref>[http://dictionaryofsydney.org/organisation/civic_reform_movement Dictionary of Sydney].</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16449880 |title=CITIZENS' REFORM ASSOCIATION. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=17 March 1928 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The party was formed as the '''Citizens' Reform Association''' 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55154951 |title=A CIVIC REFORM ASSOCIATION. |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |date=21 January 1921 |accessdate=27 June 2013 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
In 1960, the party officially changed its name to the Civic Reform Association.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Golder |first1=Hilary |title=A short electoral history of the Sydney City Council |url=https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/-/media/corporate/files/publications/history/history-of-sydney-city-council/hs_chos_electoral_history.pdf?download=true#:~:text=Since%20the%20City%20of%20Sydney,is%20far%20more%20than%20local. |publisher=City of Sydney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313231044/https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/-/media/corporate/files/publications/history/history-of-sydney-city-council/hs_chos_electoral_history.pdf?download=true#:~:text=Since%20the%20City%20of%20Sydney,is%20far%20more%20than%20local. |archive-date=13 March 2024}}</ref>
The following members of the association served in the ensuing years as Lord Mayor of Sydney: David Gilpin<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16188156 |title=LORD MAYOR BLAMES REFORM. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=3 December 1924 |accessdate=27 June 2013 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 1923–1924; Ernest Marks 1930, Joseph Jackson<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17124706 |title=DEADLOCK. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 December 1934 |accessdate=27 June 2013 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 1931, Sir Samuel Walder<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16942386 |title=PERSONAL NOTES. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 January 1933 |accessdate=27 June 2013 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 1932; Sir Alfred Parker 1934–1935; Archibald Howie 1936–1937; Stanley Crick<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35917384 |title=MR. STANLEY CRICK AN ALDERMAN. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane |date=19 November 1935 |accessdate=27 June 2013 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 1940–1942; Reg Bartley 1943–1944 & 1946–1948; William Neville Harding 1945; Sir Emmet McDermott<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107896721 |title=Lord Mayor of Sydney. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=8 October 1969 |accessdate=27 June 2013 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 1969–1972; David Griffin 1972–1973; Sir Nicholas Shehadie 1973–1975; Leo Port 1975–1978; Nelson Meers 1978–1980; and Hugh Dixson 1988-1989 Jeremy Bingham 1989–1991. Parker Henson served as Chairman of the Sydney County Council.<ref name=wph>[http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/william-henson/ Sydney's Alderman – William Parker Henson]. Retrieved 28 June 2013.</ref> Alex Rigby served as president from 1971 until 1973.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27584949 |title=CITIZENS' REFORM OFFICERS |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=34,848 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 August 1949 |accessdate=10 October 2017 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Electoral results== {| class=wikitable |- ! Election year ! # of<br />overall votes ! % of<br />overall vote ! # of<br />overall seats won ! +/– !colspan="3" | Council control <br/> <small> (term) </small> |- ! 1941 | | | {{Composition bar|12|20|hex=#00A2FF}} | | rowspan="6" style="background-color:#00A2FF; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"| ! rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal"|'''Civic Reform''' majority |- ! 1944 | align="center" | 4,032 | align="center" | 34.44 | | |}
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Category:Local government political parties in Australia Category:Conservative parties in Australia Category:Political parties established in 1921 Category:Political parties disestablished in 1921 Category:1921 establishments in Australia Category:1991 establishments in Australia Category:Civic Reform Association politicians