1958 Cardiganshire County Council election
The twenty-first election to Cardiganshire County Council took place in April 1958. It was preceded by the 1955 election and followed by the 1961 election.
Candidates
41 candidates were returned unopposed resulting in only nine contests.Eight aldermen retired, of whom four sought election. Retiring councillors stood down in favour of aldermen in Aberystwyth, Llanllwchaiarn and at Bow Street, where D.R. Morgan, first elected in 1922, was again returned. At Aberporth, however, retiring alderman the Rev. Evan Melinfab Lewis was opposed by the retiring councillor, the Rev. Tegryn Davies.
Outcome
With only nine contests, attention focused entirely on the contest at Aberporth between the retiring alderman and councillor, both of whom were nonconformist ministers. Evan Melinfab Lewis, Baptist minister at Penparc, was a previous chairman of the council and a member since 1937, while Tegryn Davies was the Congregational minister at Aberporth. Denominationlism featured prominently in the contest and on a turnout of 88%, Davies was returned. It was reported that the crowd that gathered at Aberporth to hear the result was among the largest ever seen at a Cardiganshire local authority election. Two other sitting members were also defeated.Results
Aberystwyth Division 5
Cwmrheidol
Llandygwydd
Llangeitho
Lledrod
Tregaron
Election of Aldermen
In addition to the 50 councillors the council consisted of 16 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the 1955 election, there were eight aldermanic vacancies which were filled at the annual meeting.The following retiring aldermen was re-elected:
- D.R. Morgan, Bow Street
- Mrs G.C. Evans, Aberystwyth
- Capt. D. Oswald Davies, New Quay
- Isaac R. Lewis, Capel Bangor
- J.E. Rogers-Lewis, Abermeurig
- W.G. Hughes, Silian
- Griffith Davies, Pontshaen
- Rev Tegryn Davies, Aberporth