# Civic Reform Association

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|foundation = 20 January 1920
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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](/source/List_of_local_government_political_parties_in_Australia) which contested elections for the [City of Sydney](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Australian_Labor_Party).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55154951 |title=A CIVIC REFORM ASSOCIATION. |newspaper=[The Register](/source/The_Register_(Adelaide)) |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](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_Sydney):
[David Gilpin](/source/David_Gilpin)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16188156 |title=LORD MAYOR BLAMES REFORM. |newspaper=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald) |date=3 December 1924 |accessdate=27 June 2013 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 1923–1924; [Ernest Marks](/source/Ernest_Marks) 1930, [Joseph Jackson](/source/Joseph_Jackson_(Australian_politician))<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17124706 |title=DEADLOCK. |newspaper=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald) |date=12 December 1934 |accessdate=27 June 2013 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 1931, [Sir Samuel Walder](/source/Samuel_Walder)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16942386 |title=PERSONAL NOTES. |newspaper=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/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](/source/Stanley_Crick)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35917384 |title=MR. STANLEY CRICK AN ALDERMAN. |newspaper=[The Courier-Mail](/source/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](/source/Reg_Bartley) 1943–1944 & 1946–1948; [William Neville Harding](/source/William_Neville_Harding) 1945; [Sir Emmet McDermott](/source/Emmet_McDermott)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107896721 |title=Lord Mayor of Sydney. |newspaper=[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times) |date=8 October 1969 |accessdate=27 June 2013 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 1969–1972; [David Griffin](/source/David_Griffin_(Australian)) 1972–1973; [Sir Nicholas Shehadie](/source/Nicholas_Shehadie) 1973–1975; [Leo Port](/source/Leo_Port) 1975–1978; [Nelson Meers](/source/Nelson_Meers) 1978–1980; and Hugh Dixson 1988-1989 Jeremy Bingham 1989–1991. [Parker Henson](/source/William_Parker_Henson) served as Chairman of the [Sydney County Council](/source/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](/source/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
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! Election year
! # of<br />overall votes
! % of<br />overall vote
! # of<br />overall seats won
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!colspan="3" | Council control <br/> <small> (term) </small>
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! [1941](/source/1941_Sydney_City_Council_election)
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! rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal"|'''Civic Reform''' majority
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! [1944](/source/1944_Sydney_City_Council_election)
| align="center" | 4,032
| align="center" | 34.44
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|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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