Sydney County Council

The NSW government, as the new owner, required the utility providers to pay it dividends and sought to privatize and sell them.

[5][6] The redesign of a substantial portion of the Victorian building in the distinctive Art Deco style was undertaken by the Architect's Branch of the City of Sydney, with the primary contractor being Beat Brothers and various fittings supplied by Wunderlich.

With acquisitions underway, in 1959 the County Council staged a design competition for the new headquarters, to be judged by an eminent committee of architects, including Max Collard, George Molnar and Walter Osborn McCutcheon.

The competition, which closed on 2 May 1960 and attracted 62 entrants, specified that the building had to have "an efficient flexible plan, large areas of open space with a minimum of solid or high partitions, minimum maintenance and operational costs, and a high architectural standard imparting civic dignity consistent with the importance of the site.

[15] In June 1963, the council voted again to restart the aborted headquarters project and re-engaged Fowell, Mansfield, Jarvis & Maclurcan to finalise the design.

[15] Site excavation by builders E. A. Watts Pty Ltd began in February 1965 and construction was completed by early 1968, being officially opened by the Governor of NSW, Sir Roden Cutler, on 5 April 1968.

[16] The building, completed at a cost of $9,300,000, at a height of 96.9 metres and 27 storeys with 200,000 square feet of office space to house 1,550 of the SCC's 7,000 staff.

Section 7F(8) of the Electricity Act, 1945 provided that: "A person is eligible to be elected as a delegate to the Sydney County Council if the person is a member of a council of an area included in the Sydney County District or is eligible to be elected as an alderman or councillor of such an area.

[92] A by-election was held for the resulting vacancy on the 1st Constituency on 14 February 1946, at which Frank Grenville Pursell (Sydney) was elected unopposed.

A by-election was held for the resulting vacancy on the 1st Constituency on 19 July 1946, at which William Parker Henson (Sydney) was elected.

A by-election was held for the resulting vacancy on the 2nd Constituency on 10 September 1947, at which John Henry Gardiner (Redfern) was elected.

A by-election was held for the two resulting vacancies on the 1st Constituency on 1 May 1950, at which Frank Green (Sydney) and Reginald Arthur Triggs (Strathfield) were elected.