South was the name of an original electoral ward in the south of the town and (from 1905) city of Cardiff, Wales. It elected representatives to Cardiff Town Council, Cardiff County Borough Council and the post-1974 Cardiff City Council. The ward ceased to exist in 1983. Description and background A "South" ward was created (one of four) in Cardiff at the end of the eighteenth century, to elect constables for the town. Two wards, "North" and "South", elected councillors to the first Cardiff Borough Council, on 31 December 1835. (the wards would have related to the town's two parishes, of St John's and St Mary's). Before the electoral reforms of the 20th century, councillors were elected by burgesses i.e. ratepaying property owners in the ward. The South ward covered the southern part of Cardiff, including Butetown and Cardiff Docks. When the new ward boundaries for the County Borough Council were being agreed in 1890, it was proposed the ward was renamed "Exchange", after the Exchange Building in the heart of the business district. However, this was rejected and the name "South" retained. After 1890 the ward was bordered to the north by the Great Western Railway line (and the Central ward), to the east by the Bute West Dock (and the Adamsdown ward), to the west was the River Taff (and Grangetown). After World War II the ward was altered to include the southern part of Grangetown. Cardiff City Council 1973-1983 In 1973 elections were held for the new Cardiff City Council district authority. The South ward elected three councillors to the authority, in 1973, 1976 and 1979, before ward boundary (and name) changes brought the South ward's existence to an end in 1983. The South ward elected three councillors, all Labour. In 1983, two of the South councillors, Bowen and Smith, were elected as councillors in the neighbouring Grangetown ward. Cardiff South was the comparable ward to South Glamorgan County Council between 1973 and 1985. In 1985 Cardiff South's councillor, Peter Perkins, was elected to represent the new ward of The Marl. Both the South and Cardiff South wards were represented by Labour Party councillors. Cllr Philip Dunleavy, who led Cardiff City Council during the 1970s, was a representative for both wards. South was replaced by the Butetown ward. Cardiff County Borough Council 1889-1974 In July 1890, following the creation of Cardiff County Borough Council, South remained as one