About: Cornwall Council elections, 1925   Sponge Permalink

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In the next four years as the great depression loomed and started to take effect the Progressive Party was seen as already "content with nothing" as the Conservatives would run with that in the next elections, since the Progressives were always a bit late to respond to events in the settlement. Actions taken during the second term of Craig Baxter included a jobs act which created 10 council homes and creating about fifty short term jobs during the four years. Unemployment fell to about 5% during 1927, but by the Cornwall Council elections, 1929 unemployment was 7.4%.

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  • Cornwall Council elections, 1925
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  • In the next four years as the great depression loomed and started to take effect the Progressive Party was seen as already "content with nothing" as the Conservatives would run with that in the next elections, since the Progressives were always a bit late to respond to events in the settlement. Actions taken during the second term of Craig Baxter included a jobs act which created 10 council homes and creating about fifty short term jobs during the four years. Unemployment fell to about 5% during 1927, but by the Cornwall Council elections, 1929 unemployment was 7.4%.
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  • In the next four years as the great depression loomed and started to take effect the Progressive Party was seen as already "content with nothing" as the Conservatives would run with that in the next elections, since the Progressives were always a bit late to respond to events in the settlement. Actions taken during the second term of Craig Baxter included a jobs act which created 10 council homes and creating about fifty short term jobs during the four years. Unemployment fell to about 5% during 1927, but by the Cornwall Council elections, 1929 unemployment was 7.4%. The reason elections were called a year early was because of the possible coup d'eat taken by Mayor of Cornwall, Craig Baxter. Council President Mark Madison died from a heart attack in 1927 and with a tie in seats on the Council, Craig Baxter claimed he could give himself two votes if he asserted himself as Council President and also run for the position. While his own backbench even lost support in him they passed strong regulations against corruption, the power of the Mayor, asserting that the Council President is a councilor with a vote but its primary function is as a speaker of the body, federal parties cannot run in local elections, a Mayor cannot also be Council President, and that when a Council President needs a by-election another Councilor will serve as interim President but then cannot run for Council President himself in the upcoming by-election. George Thomas, just 23 at the time, was elected as the first ever black councilor and Council President, with 52% of the vote for the Progressives, also showing the long time progressive social nature of the settlement. The actions taken showed that Craig Baxter, while being a slightly popular Mayor had lost support from his own Party and an election called a year early.
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