of the ten new electoral wards created in the county borough. A by-election, took place on 23 September 1889 in the South ward to replace Mr J. A. le Boulanger, who had died. The by-election was only five weeks before the first full council election of the new county borough. John Jenkins, president of Cardiff Trades Council was put up as a Liberal-Labour candidate, against the Conservative contender, James Tucker. The polling station was at the South Church Street Boards School in Butetown. Tucker won the election with 52% of the vote, the first Conservative representation in the ward since before 1886. By 1890, the ward's three councillors were Mr Tucker and two Liberals, Mr F. J. Beavan and Mr T. Morel. At the 1890 Cardiff elections Cllr Beavan lost to the Conservative, Mr J. H. Cory (a ship-owner). Cory left immediately after the results without making a speech. The Cardiff Times described how Beavan, "one of the most industrious servants of the ratepayers", had secured the working class vote but has sustained a "determined attack" from the Conservatives and the non-resident voters of the ward (entitled to vote because of ownership of offices and businesses in the area). Cardiff Town Council 1836-1889 "South" was one of two Cardiff wards to the new elected council in 1836. Councillors took turns to 'retire' for re-election, on a three-yearly cycle. By the 1870s there were four wards in the town (North, South, East and West). The November 1873 elections saw the two 'retiring' councillors, Mr Thompson and Mr North, not stand for re-election. They had been councillors for three years and were agents of Cardiff's major landowner, Lord Bute. They had been elected in "the most Municipal contest on record", with ratepayers being given no alternative but to vote for their master's candidates. There was a feeling this tactic wouldn't work again. The subsequent election was won by Mr J. Winstone Snr and Mr Rees Jones. References 1983 disestablishments in Wales Butetown Former electoral wards of Cardiff