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. The party was formed as the Citizens' Reform Association by approximately seventy people at the

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on 20 January 1920. Its aim was to remove the administration of the City of Sydney from the control of the

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. In 1960, the party officially changed its name to the Civic Reform Association. The following members of the association served in the ensuing years as

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1923–1924; Ernest Marks 1930, Joseph Jackson 1931, Sir Samuel Walder 1932; Sir Alfred Parker 1934–1935; Archibald Howie 1936–1937; Stanley Crick 1940–1942; Reg Bartley 1943–1944 & 1946–1948;

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1945; Sir Emmet McDermott 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

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.Sydney's Alderman – William Parker Henson
Retrieved 28 June 2013. Alex Rigby served as president from 1971 until 1973.

Electoral results

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