1948 Sydney City Council election

1948 Sydney City Council election

4 December 1948
Turnout75%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ernest Charles O'Dea Reg Bartley Horace Foley
Party Labor Civic Reform Lang Labor
Leader's seat Phillip Ward Gipps Ward Phillip Ward
(lost seat)
Last election 8 seats 12 seats 0 seats
Seats before 7 11 1
Seats won 19 seats 9 seats 2 seats
Seat change 12 2 1

The 1948 Sydney City Council election was held on 4 December 1948 to elect councillors to the City of Sydney, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.

Labor won a majority on council for the first time in 21 years, defeating the Civic Reform Association.

Although scheduled to be held as part of the statewide local elections in 1947, the election was delayed by a year.