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{{about|the [[Local government in Australia|local government area]]|the Sydney [[suburb]]|Waverley, New South Wales|the British local council|Waverley Borough Council}}
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| type     = lga 
| name     = Waverley Council
| state    = nsw
| image    = Waverley lga sydney.png
| caption  = Location in [[Sydney|Metropolitan Sydney]]
| image2   = Waverley Council Chambers.jpg
| caption2 = Waverley Council Chambers
| coordinates = {{coord|33|54|S|151|16|E|display=inline,title|region:AU_type:adm2nd_source:dewiki}}
| local_map     = yes
| zoom          = 11
| pop      = 68605
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="Census2021">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA18050 |name=Waverley (A) |access-date=9 June 2023 |quick=on}}</ref>
| density  = 
| est      = 16 June 1859
| area     = 9
| mayor    = Will Nemesh
| seat     = [[Bondi Junction]]
| region   = [[Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)|Eastern Suburbs]]
| parish   = [[Parish of Alexandria|Alexandria]]
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Coogee|Coogee]]
| stategov2= [[Electoral district of Vaucluse|Vaucluse]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Wentworth|Wentworth]]
| logo     = Waverley Council Logo.jpg
| url      = http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au
| near-n   = [[Municipality of Woollahra|Woollahra]]
| near-ne  = 
| near-e   = ''[[Tasman Sea]]''
| near-se  = 
| near-s   = [[City of Randwick|Randwick]]
| near-sw  = 
| near-w   = [[City of Randwick|Randwick]]
| near-nw  = [[Municipality of Woollahra|Woollahra]]
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'''Waverley Council''' is a [[Local government in Australia|Local government area]] in the [[Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)|eastern suburbs]] of [[Sydney]], in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. First incorporated on 16 June 1859 as the '''Municipality of Waverley''', it is one of the oldest-surviving local government areas in New South Wales. Waverley is bounded by the [[Tasman Sea]] to the east, the [[Municipality of Woollahra]] to the north, and the [[City of Randwick]] in the south and west. The administrative centre of Waverley Council is located on [[Bondi Road]] in [[Bondi Junction]] in the Council Chambers on the corner of Waverley Park.

The elected Waverley Council is composed of twelve [[councillors]] elected proportionally across four [[Ward (country subdivision)|wards]], each electing three Councillors, and the most recent election was held on 4 December 2021. The current [[mayor]] of Waverley Council since September 2024 is Councillor Will Nemesh of Hunter ward, a member of the NSW Liberal Party. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/top/news_and_media/media_releases/all/2024/10_10_new_mayor_and_deputy_mayor |access-date=21 October 2024 |title=Waverley Council Mayor and Deputy Mayor elected - Waverley Council }}</ref>

== Suburbs and localities in the local government area ==
Suburbs within Waverley Council are:
{{columns-list|colwidth=25em|
* [[Bondi, New South Wales|Bondi]]
* [[Bondi Beach]]
* [[Bondi Junction]]
* [[Bronte, New South Wales|Bronte]]
* [[Clovelly, New South Wales|Clovelly]] (most is located within [[City of Randwick]])
* [[Dover Heights]]
* [[North Bondi]]
* [[Queens Park, New South Wales|Queens Park]]
* [[Rose Bay, New South Wales|Rose Bay]] (parts are located within [[Municipality of Woollahra|Woollahra Council]])
* [[Tamarama]]
* [[Vaucluse, New South Wales|Vaucluse]] (most is located within [[Municipality of Woollahra|Woollahra Council]])
* [[Waverley, New South Wales|Waverley]]}}

== History ==
[[File:Bondi Beach and Ben Buckler looking North - 1937 (15378710184).png|thumb|right|230px|Aerial photo of Bondi Beach and Ben Buckler looking North, 1937.]]With the enactment of the ''Municipalities Act of 1858'', which allowed for the creation of Municipalities for areas with over 500 electors, several petitions calling for the incorporation of the Waverley area were received by the Colonial Government and published in ''[[New South Wales Government Gazette]]'' on 11 November 1858 and 17 May 1859.<ref name="DowdPart1">{{cite book |last1=Dowd |first1=B. T. |editor1-last=Foster |editor1-first=William |title=The Centenary of the Municipality of Waverley: The History of the Waverley Municipal District (Part 1) |date=1959 |publisher=Municipality of Waverley |location=Waverley, NSW |url=http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/19547/Part_1_Reduced.pdf|pages=50–58|access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref> One of the earliest meetings of local residents formed to call for a "Municipality of Waverley" was held at the Tea Gardens Hotel on Bronte Road on 20 December 1858.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13010446 |title=MUNICIPALITIES—WAVERLEY.|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=XXXIX |issue=6409 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 December 1858 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The [[Governor of New South Wales]] approved the proclamation establishing the '''Municipality of Waverley''' on 13 June 1859, and it was subsequently published in the ''Government Gazette'' on 16 June 1859.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228717942 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=115 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 June 1859 |access-date=29 March 2019 |page=1344 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The first returning officer, [[Charles St Julian]], was appointed to conduct the first meeting of electors a few days later.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228718031 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=122 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 June 1859 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=1381 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The first election was held on 14 July 1859, with nine Councillors elected proportionately, and the Council first met on 23 July 1859 at the Tea Gardens Hotel, with John Birrell elected as the first chairman.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228718145 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=126 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 June 1859 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=1433 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13028220 |title=WAVERLEY MUNICIPAL ELECTION. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=XL |issue=6591 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 July 1859 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="DowdPart2">{{cite book |last1=Dowd |first1=B. T. |editor1-last=Foster |editor1-first=William |title=The Centenary of the Municipality of Waverley: The History of the Waverley Municipal District (Part 2) |date=1959 |publisher=Municipality of Waverley |location=Waverley, NSW |url=http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/19548/Part_2_Reduced.pdf|pages=59–148|access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref> On 21 February 1860, the council was divided into three [[Ward (country subdivision)|wards]] electing three councillors each: Waverley Ward, Bondi Ward and Nelson Ward.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230040302 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=36 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 February 1860 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=371 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> A fourth ward covering the western corner of Waverley, [[Henry Lawson|Lawson]] Ward, was added on 22 April 1887, thereby bringing the number of aldermen to 12.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224185724 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=232 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 April 1887 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=2745 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

On 6 October 1944, the recommendation of a 1941 NSW Local Government Department Commission of Inquiry removing the Mill Hill area (37 acres) from the [[City of Randwick|Municipality of Randwick]] and include it in the Waverley Municipality was proclaimed in the ''Government Gazette''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225098599 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919, AS AMENDED BY SUBSEQUENT ACTS.—PROCLAMATION. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=98 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 October 1944 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=1723 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

===Council chambers===
The first council meeting was held on 16 June 1859, but there was no permanent office for the conduct of Council duties some early meetings were held in the Charing Cross Hotel and others in the old School of Arts building in Bronte Road. In December 1860 the Council accepted an offer from Francis O'Brien to donate a site for a Council Chambers on [[Bondi Road]]. The cost of building was to be limited to £500, although approximately £700 was eventually spent. The foundation stone was laid in 1861, and a first meeting of Council was held there on 21 November 1861, the first Council building erected by any municipality under the Municipalities Act of 1858.<ref>{{cite web|title=Waverley Council Chambers|url=http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/8723/Council_Chambers.pdf|publisher=Waverley Council|access-date=5 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13067639 |title=LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE WAVERLEY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, CHAMBERS. |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|volume=XLIII |issue=7173 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 June 1861 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15493430 |title=PROGRESS OF THE SUBURBS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=23,738 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 February 1914 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Discussions were held during the early 1900s over the need for new Council Chambers, and in 1913 a portion of the north-west corner of Waverley Park, which was the first public park in Waverley gazetted in 1880, was dedicated as the site for a new building. A report of the same year stated that the original building was too small for the staff, and had poor ventilation and lighting. It was later sold for £1,600. The new building was completed by the end of 1913, and on 6 January 1914 the Council met for the first time in the new chambers.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}

Parts of the 1913 chambers still form the shell of the present Council Chambers, although extensive alterations in 1962, and further development in 1976 and 1977 have altered its appearance considerably.

===2016–17 amalgamation proposals===
A [[Local government areas of New South Wales#Reviews of local government areas|2015 review of local government boundaries]] recommended that the Municipality of Waverley merge with the [[Municipality of Woollahra|Woollahra]] and [[City of Randwick|Randwick]] councils to form a new council with an area of {{convert|58|km2}} and support a population of approximately {{formatnum:274000}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/729c87c442dc1b56c5bbdf05e81684c5/Randwick-Waverley-Woollahra.pdf |title=Merger proposal: Randwick City Council, Waverley Council, Woollahra Municipal Council |publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]] |date=January 2016 |access-date=4 March 2016 |page=7 }}</ref> Following an independent review, in May 2016 the NSW Government sought to dismiss the council and force its amalgamation with Woollahra and Randwick councils. Woollahra Council instigated legal action claiming that there was procedural unfairness and that a [[KPMG]] report at the centre of merger proposals had been "misleading". The matter was heard before the [[New South Wales Court of Appeal|NSW Court of Appeal]] who, in December 2016, unanimously dismissed Woollahra Council's appeal, finding no merit in its arguments that the proposed merger with Waverley and Randwick councils was invalid.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/woollahra-loses-merger-appeal-hints-at-high-court-challenge-20161222-gtgod3.html |title=Woollahra loses merger appeal, hints at High Court challenge |author=Visentin, Lisa |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=22 December 2016 |access-date=31 December 2016 }}</ref> In July 2017, the [[Gladys Berejiklian|Berejiklian government]] decided to abandon the forced merger of the Woollahra, Waverley and Randwick local government areas, along with several other proposed forced mergers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-27/after-nsw-council-merger-backflip-mayors-try-to-get-money-back/8749462 |title=NSW council amalgamations: Mayors fight to claw back court dollars after backflip on merger |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |location=Australia |date=27 July 2017 |access-date=27 July 2017 |author1=Blumer, Clare |author2=Chettle, Nicole }}</ref>

== Demographics ==
[[File:Bondi Beach.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bondi Beach, New South Wales|Bondi Beach]]]][[File:Dover Heights cliff-top homes (Sydney, Australia).png|thumb|Aerial view of clifftop neighbourhood in Dover Heights.]]At the {{CensusAU|2011}}, there were {{formatnum:63487}} people in Waverley, of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. [[Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people]] made up 0.4% of the population. The [[median#Medians for populations|median]] age of people in Waverley Council was 35 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 37.4% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.<ref name="Census2011">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=LGA18050 |name=Waverley (A) |access-date=11 November 2012 |quick=on}}</ref>

Population growth in Waverley Council between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 3.31%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 4.57%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in the Waverley local government area was a little over half the national average.<ref name="Census2001"/> The median [[household income|weekly income]] for residents within the Municipality of Waverley was more than 1.5 times the national average.<ref name="Census2011"/><ref name="Census2006"/>

The proportion of residents in Waverley who stated their [[Ancestor|ancestry]] was [[Jews|Jewish]] was three times the New South Wales and national averages. The proportion of households where [[Russian language|Russian]] is spoken at home is thirteen times the state and national averages; and of all households where [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] is spoken in New South Wales, one third are located in Waverley, and in Australia, one tenth of households where Hebrew is spoken are located in Waverley. The proportion of residents who stated an affiliation with Judaism was in excess of twenty-eight times the state and national averages.<ref name="Census2011"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=8|Selected historical census data for Waverley local government area
|-
!colspan=3|Census year !!2001<ref name="Census2001">{{Census 2001 AUS|id=LGA18050 |name=Waverley (A) |access-date=11 November 2012 |quick=on}}</ref>!!2006<ref name="Census2006">{{Census 2006 AUS|id=LGA18050 |name=Waverley (A) |accessdate=11 November 2012 |quick=on}}</ref>!!2011<ref name="Census2011"/>!!2016<ref name="Census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA18050 |name=Waverley (A) |access-date=15 January 2018 |quick=on}}</ref>!!2021<ref name="Census2021">{{Census 2021 AUS |id=LGA18050 |name=Waverley |access-date=30 October 2024 |quick=on}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=6 colspan="2"|Population ||Estimated residents on [[Census in Australia|census night]] ||align="right"|{{formatnum:58769}} ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{formatnum:60715}} ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{formatnum:63487}} ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{formatnum:66812}} ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{formatnum:68605}}
|-
|[[Local government in New South Wales|LGA]] rank in terms of size within New South Wales ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|36{{small|th}} ||align="right"| ||align="right"|
|-
|Percentage of New South Wales population ||align="right"|0.9% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;0.9% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.9% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;0.8%||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.8%
|-
|Percentage of Australian population ||align="right"|0.3% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.3% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.3% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;0.2%||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.2%
|-
|Estimated [[Indigenous Australian|ATSI]] population on census night ||align="right"|199 ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;196  ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;245 ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;270 ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;279
|-
|Percentage of ATSI population to all residents ||align="right"|0.3% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.3% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.3% ||align="right"|{{gain}}&nbsp;0.4% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;0.4%
|-
!colspan=4|Cultural and language diversity !! !! !! !!
|-
|rowspan=5 colspan=2|[[Ancestor|Ancestry]],<br />top responses ||[[English people|English]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|20.9% ||align="right"|{{gain}}&nbsp;21.2%||align="right"|{{gain}}&nbsp;30.8%
|-
|[[Australians|Australian]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|16.1% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;15.3%||align="right"|{{gain}}&nbsp;21.3%
|-
|[[Irish people|Irish]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|9.3% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;8.9%||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;12.0%
|-
|[[Scottish people|Scottish]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|5.5% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;5.4%||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;7.7%
|-
|[[Italians|Italian]]||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"| ||align="right"|3.6%||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;5.7%
|-
|rowspan=5 colspan=2|Language used at home,<br />top responses<br />(other than [[Australian English|English]]) ||[[Russian language|Russian]]||align="right"|3.2% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;2.6% ||align="right"|{{steady}}&nbsp;2.6% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;2.2%||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;1.9%
|-
|[[Spanish language|Spanish]]||align="right"|n/c ||align="right"|1.0% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;1.3% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;2.1%||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;2.9%
|-
|[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]||align="right"|n/r ||align="right"|n/r ||align="right"|n/r ||align="right"|1.9%||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;1.8%
|-
|[[French language|French]]||align="right"|n/c ||align="right"|n/c ||align="right"|1.3% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;1.8%||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;1.9%
|-
|[[Italian language|Italian]]||align="right"|1.5% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;1.3% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;1.4% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;1.7%||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;1.6%
|-
!colspan=4|Religious affiliation !! !! !! !!
|-
|rowspan=5 colspan=2|Religious affiliation,<br />top responses ||[[Irreligion in Australia|No religion]], so described||align="right"|16.9% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;18.0% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;24.3% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;33.4%||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;41.4%
|-
|[[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Catholic]]||align="right"|22.9% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;20.8% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;22.1% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;19.9%||{{decrease}}&nbsp;18.8%
|-
|[[Judaism in Australia|Judaism]]||align="right"|16.1% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;16.8% ||align="right"|{{profit}}&nbsp;17.1% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;15.1%||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;16.0%
|-
|Not stated||align="right"|n/r ||align="right"|n/r ||align="right"|n/r ||align="right"|{{gain}}&nbsp;14.4%||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;7.6%
|-
|[[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]]||align="right"|13.5% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;11.7% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;11.0% ||align="right"|{{loss}}&nbsp;7.9%||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;6.7%
|-
!colspan=4|Median weekly incomes !! !! !! !!
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Personal income ||Median weekly personal income||align="right"| ||align="right"|{{AUD}}765 ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{AUD}}973 ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{AUD}}{{formatnum:1151}}||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{AUD}}{{formatnum:1442}}
|-
|align="right"|Percentage of Australian median income||align="right"| ||align="right"|164.2% ||align="right"|{{gain}}&nbsp;168.6% ||align="right"|{{gain}}&nbsp;173.9%||align="right"|{{gain}}&nbsp;179.1%
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Family income  ||Median weekly family income||align="right"| ||align="right"|{{AUD}}{{formatnum:1928}} ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{AUD}}{{formatnum:2496}} ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{AUD}}{{formatnum:2917}}||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{AUD}}{{formatnum:3709}}
|-
|align="right"|Percentage of Australian median income||align="right"| ||align="right"|134.1% ||align="right"|{{gain}}&nbsp;168.5% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;168.2% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;174.9%
|-
|rowspan=2 colspan=2|Household income ||Median weekly household income||align="right"| ||align="right"|{{AUD}}{{formatnum:1446}} ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{AUD}}{{formatnum:1912}} ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{AUD}}{{formatnum:2308}}||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;{{AUD}}{{formatnum:2854}}
|-
|align="right"|Percentage of Australian median income||align="right"| ||align="right"|140.7% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;154.9% ||align="right"|{{gain}}&nbsp;160.5%||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;163.4%
|-
!colspan=4|Dwelling structure !! !! !! !!
|-
|rowspan=4 colspan=2|Dwelling type ||[[Single-family detached home|Separate house]]||align="right"|17.9% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;21.2% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;19.9% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;16.5%||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;16.0%
|-
|[[Semi-detached]], [[Terraced house|terrace]] or [[townhouse]]||align="right"|18.7% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;16.7% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;18.8% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;19.0%||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;18.1%
|-
|[[Apartment|Flat or apartment]]||align="right"|51.7% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;61.3% ||align="right"|{{decrease}}&nbsp;60.5% ||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;62.6%||align="right"|{{increase}}&nbsp;64.1%
|}

== Council ==
[[File:Waverleycouncilchambersbondijunctionnsw.jpg|thumb|Waverley Council Chambers, [[Bondi Junction]]]]
NSW Local Government Elections are held every four years on the second Saturday of September as stipulated by the ''Local Government Act 1993''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/about_elections/Elections_for_each_level_of_government/local |title=Local Government|publisher=Electoral Commission NSW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/viewtop/inforce/act+30+1993+FIRST+0+N|title=NSW Legislation – Local Government Act 1993 No 30|publisher=Government of New South Wales}}</ref>

===Current composition and election method===
Waverley Council is composed of twelve [[councillor]]s elected [[Single transferable vote|proportionally]] from the four separate [[Ward (country subdivision)|wards]], each electing three Councillors. The [[mayor]] is elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the council for a two-year term, typically in September, while the Deputy Mayor is elected annually by the councillors. The most recent election for the council was held on 14 September 2024, and the makeup of the council is as follows:
[[File:Australia Waverley Council 2024.svg|right|frameless|350x350px]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party!!Councillors
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| [[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal Party of Australia]]
| align=right | 6
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Australian Labor Party]]
| align=right | 3
|-
| {{Australian party style|Greens}}| 
| [[Greens New South Wales|The Greens]]
| align=right | 2
|-
|
|Independent
| align=right | 2
|-
|
| '''Total'''
| align=right | '''12'''
|}

The current Council, elected in 2024, in order of election by ward, is:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ward!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!Party!!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"|Bondi Ward<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waverley Bondi Ward |url=https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2401/waverley/bondi-ward/councillor/candidates-in-sequence |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| Michelle Stephenson
| [[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal]]
|
|-
| {{Australian party style|Greens}}| 
| Dominic Wy Kanak
| [[Greens New South Wales|Greens]]
| Elected 1999; Deputy Mayor 2007–2008, 2017–2019.
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| Margaret Merten
| [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"|Hunter Ward<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waverley Hunter Ward |url=https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2401/waverley/hunter-ward/councillor/candidates-in-sequence |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| William Nemesh
| Liberal
|
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| T (Dov) Frazer
| Liberal
|
|-
|
| Steven Lewis
| Ind.
| Elected 2017 as Labor Party member
|-
| rowspan="3"|Lawson Ward<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waverley Lawson Ward |url=https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2401/waverley/lawson-ward/councillor/candidates-in-sequence |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| Paula Masselos
| Labor
| Elected 2012; '''Mayor''' 2019–Oct 2024.<ref name="PMLF">{{cite news |date=13 September 2023 |title=Waverley Council elects Mayor and Deputy Mayor |url=https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/top_link_pages/news_and_media/council_news/news/waverley_council_elects_mayor_and_deputy_mayor |access-date=23 September 2023 |publisher=Waverley Council |format=Media Release}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| Katherine Westwood
| Liberal
|
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| Lauren Townsend
| Liberal
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|Waverley Ward<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waverley Waverley Ward |url=https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2401/waverley/waverley-ward/councillor/candidates-in-sequence |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| Joshua Spicer
| Liberal
|
|-
| {{Australian party style|Greens}}| 
| Ludovico Fabiano
| Greens
| Deputy Mayor Sep–Oct 2023.<ref name="PMLF" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bowring |first1=Declan |date=27 October 2023 |title=Waverley Council sacks deputy mayor who backed move to condemn Israel's bombing of Gaza |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-27/waverley-council-sacks-deputy-mayor-over-palestine-amendment/103031094 |access-date=27 October 2023 |publisher=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| Keri Spooner
| Labor
| 
|}

==Election results==
===2024===
{{excerpt|Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in Inner Sydney|section=Waverley results}}

==Mayors==
{{Infobox political post
|post            = Mayor of Waverley
|insignia        = 
|insigniasize    =
|insigniacaption =
|incumbent       = Paula Masselos
|incumbentsince  = 27 September 2019
|style           = [[His Worship|His/Her Worship]] the Mayor [[Councillor]] 
|appointer       = Waverley Council
|termlength      = Two years, renewable indefinitely (2017–present)<br/>One year (1859–2016)
|formation       = 23 July 1859 (Chairman)<br/>17 February 1868 (Mayor)
|succession      =
|inaugural       = John Birrell (Chairman)<br/>David Fletcher (Mayor)
|deputy          = ''Vacant''
|salary          =
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"| Chairman
!Party
!Term
!Notes
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| John Birrell
| rowspan=11| No party
| 23 July 1859 – 17 February 1860
| <ref name="DowdPart2"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| James Vickery
| 17 February 1860 – 19 February 1861
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64097615 |title=WAVERLEY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. |newspaper=[[Empire (newspaper)|Empire]] |issue=2,622 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 February 1860 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| [[Charles St Julian]]
| 19 February 1861 – 13 February 1862
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13053203 |title=SUBURBAN MUNICIPALITIES. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=XLIII |issue=7087 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 February 1861 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Edmond John Baily
| 13 February 1862 – 29 May 1862
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13224820 |title=WAVERLEY MUNICIPALITY.|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=XLV |issue=7398 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 February 1862 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13229406 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=XLV |issue=7482 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 May 1862 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Charles Browne
| 17 June 1862 – 16 February 1863
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13230597 |title=WAVERLEY MUNICIPALITY.|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=XLV |issue=7502 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 June 1862 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| John Crone Raymond
| 16 February 1863 – 29 October 1863
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60522966 |title=WAVERLEY MUNICIPALITY.|newspaper=Empire |issue=3,543 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1863 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Charles Simmons
| 29 October 1863 – 20 February 1864
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60550791 |title=WAVERLEY MUNICIPALITY.|newspaper=Empire |issue=3,760 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 October 1863 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| William Barker
| 20 February 1864 – 14 February 1865
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13095463 |title=SUBURBAN MUNICIPALITIES. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=XLIX |issue=8021 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 February 1864 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| John Birrell
| 14 February 1865 – 22 February 1866
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166659463 |title=MUNICIPALITY ELECTIONS. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Mail|Sydney Mail]] |volume=VI |issue=242 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1865 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Stephen Dickson
| 22 February 1866 – 13 February 1867
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13127438 |title=WAVERLEY MUNICIPALITY.|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=LIII |issue=8669 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 March 1866 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Charles Kelso Moore
| 13 February 1867 – 17 February 1868
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13140883 |title=WAVERLEY MUNICIPALITY.|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=LV |issue=8966 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 February 1867 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
!colspan="2"| Mayor
!Party
!Term
!Notes
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| David Fletcher
| rowspan=13| No party
| 17 February 1868 – 15 February 1869
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225464823 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=44 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 February 1868 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=510 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Stephen Dickson
| 15 February 1869 – 15 February 1870
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228677410 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=40 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 February 1869 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=483 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Robert Yeend
| 15 February 1870 – 14 February 1871
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223286241 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=33 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 February 1870 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=366 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| William Cary
| 14 February 1871 – 13 February 1872
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224330397 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=35 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 February 1871 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=356 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| John Macpherson
| 13 February 1872 – 11 February 1873
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223086679 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=59 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 February 1872 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=504 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Stephen Dickson
| 11 February 1873 – 12 February 1874
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230048019 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=34 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 February 1873 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=474 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| William Henderson
| 12 February 1874 – 26 February 1875
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223692752 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=36 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1874 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=498 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| John Macpherson
| 26 February 1875 – 13 February 1883
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223654388 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=47 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 March 1875 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=670 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223645732 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=48 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 February 1876 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=627 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223128135 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=66 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1877 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=739 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224594758 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=64 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 February 1878 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=844 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223658534 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=50 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 February 1879 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=700 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224188632 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=64 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1880 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=796 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221702893 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=71 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1882 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=949 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| William Henry Simpson
| 13 February 1883 – 9 February 1886
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221661489 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=59 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1883 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=917 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222087854 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=77 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 February 1884 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=1214 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221625607 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=70 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 February 1885 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=1290 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| William Martin
| 9 February 1886 – 11 February 1887
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221652820 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=89 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 February 1886 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=1057 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Thomas James Dickson
| 11 February 1887 – 12 February 1889
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219935618 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=105 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 February 1887 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=1280 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219939023 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=[[New South Wales Government Gazette]] |issue=117 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1888 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=1329 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Alfred Charles Hewlett
| 12 February 1889 – 13 February 1890
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224314941 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=110 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1889 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=1387 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Frank Guest
| 13 February 1890 – 10 February 1891
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223596718 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=88 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1890 |access-date=16 June 2019 |page=1490 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| William Henry Simpson
| Independent
| 10 February 1891 – 21 February 1893
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222106215 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=106 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 February 1891 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1281 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222976467 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper= New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=97 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 February 1892 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1230 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| William T. Ball
| Independent
| 21 February 1893 – 13 February 1895
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227169625 |title=WAVERLEY. |newspaper=[[The Australian Star]] |issue=1629 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 February 1893 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=8|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222335628 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=98 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1894 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1086 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Alfred Charles Hewlett
| Independent
| 13 February 1895 – 14 May 1897
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222222834 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=140 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 February 1895 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1391 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231641863 |title=WAVERLEY. |newspaper=The Australian Star |issue=2505 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 February 1896 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224340563 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper= New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=115 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 February 1897 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1010 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Gustavius John Waterhouse
| Independent
| 14 May 1897 – 15 February 1899
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224598200 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper= New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=396 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 May 1897 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=3445 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220948232 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper= New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=136 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 February 1898 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1220 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Watkin Wynne
| Independent
| 15 February 1899 – 14 February 1900
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220991280 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=149 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1899 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1419 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Harry Charles Evans
| Independent
| 14 February 1900 – 5 March 1901
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221014339 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper= New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=143 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1900 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1356 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226375404 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=122 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 February 1901 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1186 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Walter Carter
| Independent
| 5 March 1901 – 11 February 1903
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226380947 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=210 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 March 1901 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=2117 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114021688 |title=THE WAVERLEY COUNCIL. |newspaper=Evening News |issue=10,527 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 March 1901 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228496667 |title=THE WAVERLEY CRISIS. |newspaper=The Australian Star |issue=4073 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 March 1901 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229061473 |title=WAVERLEY COUNCIL. |newspaper=The Australian Star |issue=4366 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 February 1902 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222071054 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=133 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 February 1902 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1310 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| William John Blunt
| Independent
| 11 February 1903 – February 1904
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220261057 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=83 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 February 1903 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1327 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Joseph Cuthbert Kershaw
| Independent
| 11 February 1904 – 28 November 1905
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221031182 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=93 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1904 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1397 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220955310 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=87 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1905 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1148 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113286039 |title=Deadlock at Waverley. |newspaper=Evening News |issue=12,004 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 November 1905 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17164075 |title=MR. J. C. KERSHAW. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=30,335 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 March 1935 |access-date=12 May 2019 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| John Walter Alldis
| Independent
| 1 December 1905 – 13 February 1906
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237690753 |title=WAVERLEY'S NEW MAYOR. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |issue=8268 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 December 1905 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220986876 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=630 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 December 1905 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=8151 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Robert George Watkins
| Independent
| 13 February 1906 – 7 February 1911
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226406673 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=90 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1906 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1175 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226577602 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=21 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 February 1907 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1104 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226589733 |title=MUNICIPALITY OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales |issue=22 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1908 |access-date=17 August 2019 |page=1144 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229385023 |title=MAYOR OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=[[The Australian Star]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 February 1909 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=6 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116052764 |title=MAYOR OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 February 1910 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=12 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| John Campbell
| Independent
| 7 February 1911 – 27 August 1912
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113935216 |title=WAVERLEY COUNCIL |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 February 1911 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=8 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113824734 |title=MAYORS ELECTED. |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 February 1912 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238646365 |title=MAYOR OF WAVERLEY RESIGNS. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 August 1912 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=3 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16940916 |title=OBITUARY. MR. JOHN CAMPBELL. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 December 1932 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=3 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Leslie James Lamrock
| Independent
| 27 August 1912 – February 1914
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114481387 |title=WAVERLEY'S NEW MAYOR. |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 August 1912 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=8 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117939182 |title=WAVERLEY'S MAYOR. |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 February 1913 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Joseph Barracluff
| Independent
| February 1914 – 8 February 1916
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229312865 |title=MAYOR OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=The Sun|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 February 1915 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=4 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Leslie James Lamrock
| Independent
| 8 February 1916 – 14 December 1916
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238776188 |title=A TOSS, AND A DRAW. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 February 1916 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=15 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239422493 |title=WAVERLEY COUNCIL. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 December 1916 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=6 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Henry William Frederick Rogers
| Independent
| 19 December 1916 – February 1920
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114371214 |title=WAVERLEY'S NEW MAYOR. |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 December 1916 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121252547 |title=WAVERLEV'S MAYOR. |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 July 1917 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=4 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113955474 |title=WAVERLEY'S MAYOR. |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 February 1918 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=6 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239588437 |title=MAYORS AND SHIRE PRESIDENTS. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 February 1919 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-  
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Cornelius William Kavanagh
| Independent
| February 1920 – December 1925
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117298487 |title=Waverley's Mayor Re-elected |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 December 1920 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=6 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239712162 |title=MAYORS AND SHIRE PRESIDENTS |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 December 1921 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=17 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118818016 |title=TWICE LUCKY |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 December 1922 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=7 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16122148 |title=MAYORAL ELECTIONS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 December 1923 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=12 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128152700 |title=MAYOR OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=Sunday Times |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 November 1924 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=6 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223571483 |title=MAYORAL ELECTIONS |newspaper=The Sun |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 December 1924 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=10|via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Robert William Jackaman
| Independent
| December 1925 – December 1927
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126132207 |title=SUBURBAN MAYORS |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 December 1925 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16338575 |title=MAYORAL ELECTIONS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 December 1926 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=19 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| David Hunter
| Independent
| December 1927 – 5 January 1932
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246208952 |title=WAVERLEY'S NEW MAYOR |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 December 1927 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=13 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121691190 |title=MAYORS ELECTED |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 December 1927 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=20 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16609693 |title=MAYORAL ELECTIONS. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 December 1929 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=14 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130906965 |title=WAVERLEY MAYORAL ELECTION |newspaper=Construction And Real Estate Journal |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 December 1930 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Charles Fenton
| Independent
| 5 January 1932 – December 1932
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46636485 |title=WAVERLEY COUNCIL |newspaper=Barrier Miner |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 January 1932 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=3 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Francis Hamilton Frith
| Independent
| December 1932 – December 1933
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247318503 |title=MAYORAL ELECTION |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 December 1932 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| William Howe
| Independent
| December 1933 – 30 January 1934
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17030740 |title=MAYORAL ELECTIONS. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 December 1933 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=17 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236634097 |title=WAVERLEY MAYOR DEAD |newspaper=The Labor Daily|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 January 1934 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=4 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| James Wadsley Rupert Fieldhouse
| Independent
| 26 February 1934 – 6 March 1934
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236635301 |title=MAYORAL FIGHT AT WAVERLEY |newspaper=The Labor Daily |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 February 1934 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=6 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| David Hunter
| Independent
| 6 March 1934 – December 1935
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230550715 |title=ALD. HUNTER |newspaper=The Sun|location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 March 1934 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=6 (Final extra) |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17074774 |title=WAVERLEY COUNCIL. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 March 1934 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=12 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223057794 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919. |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 March 1934 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=1120 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246999278 |title=GOOD SERVICE |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 December 1934 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=9 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230179841 |title=MAYOR'S LEG AMPUTATED |newspaper=The Sun |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 December 1935 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=13 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236343119 |title=ALDERMAN FOR 21 YEARS |newspaper=Daily News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 December 1939 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=5 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17632475 |title=OBITUARY. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 December 1939 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=9 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Raymond Nott
| Independent
| December 1935 – December 1936
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230179455 |title=Waverley's Mayor |newspaper=The Sun |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 December 1935 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=13|via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| James Wadsley Rupert Fieldhouse
| Independent
| December 1936 – December 1937
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246968495 |title=WAVERLEY'S NEW MAYOR |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 December 1936 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=9 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Raymond Nott
| Independent
| December 1937 – December 1938
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Henry Samuel
| Independent
| December 1938 – 14 December 1939
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Thomas Hogan
| Independent
| 14 December 1939 – December 1940
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247824671 |title=ELECTION OF NEW MAYORS ANNOUNCED |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 December 1939 |access-date=26 May 2020 |page=5 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| James Wadsley Rupert Fieldhouse
| Independent
| December 1940 – December 1941
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17714341 |title=LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=32,127 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 December 1940 |access-date=30 March 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gustavus John Waterhouse |url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/gustavus-waterhouse/ |website=Sydney's Aldermen |publisher=City of Sydney |access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Leslie James Fingleton
| Independent
| December 1941 – December 1942
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Thomas Hogan
| Independent
| December 1942 – 2 December 1943
| <ref name="mayors"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146497240 |title=Week's Social Jottings |newspaper=Catholic Weekly |volume=I |issue=42 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 December 1942 |access-date=30 March 2019 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| [[Gordon Anderson (politician)|Gordon Anderson]]
| rowspan=3| Labor
| 2 December 1943 – December 1945
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17877901 |title=RANDWICK ELECTION |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=33,054 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 December 1943 |access-date=30 March 2019 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229269987 |title=MAYORS ELECTED BY COUNCILS |newspaper=The Sun |issue=10,883 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=6 December 1944 |access-date=30 March 2019 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| Herbert Sharman
| December 1945 – December 1946
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| [[Gordon Anderson (politician)|Gordon Anderson]]
| December 1946 – December 1948
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18018256 |title=ELECTION OF MAYOR |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=33,994 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 December 1946 |access-date=30 March 2019 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248160444 |title=Four time mayor, now M.H.R. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |volume=XI |issue=4 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 December 1949 |access-date=30 March 2019 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91251398 |title=FORMER FEDERAL MEMBER DIES |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=32 |issue=9,489 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=26 May 1958 |access-date=30 March 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Thomas Hogan
| Independent
| December 1948 – December 1949
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Thomas John Conway
| Independent
| December 1949 – December 1950
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18141302 |title=MAYORS AND PRESIDENTS |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=34,948 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 December 1949 |access-date=30 March 2019 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Keith Harris Weekes
| Independent
| December 1950 – December 1951
| <ref name="mayors"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50110153 |title=MAYOR RESCUED TWO GIRLS FROM DROWNING |newspaper=[[The Courier-mail]] |issue=4470 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=27 March 1951 |access-date=30 March 2019 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| [[William Aston]]
| Independent
| December 1951 – December 1953
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=Robert |author-link1=Robert Hill (Australian politician) |title=CONDOLENCES: Sir William John Aston KCMG |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F1997-05-26%2F0052%22 |website=Senate Hansard |publisher=Parliament of Australia |access-date=30 March 2019 |page=3556 |date=26 May 1997}}</ref>
|-
| 
| Carl Jeppesen
| 
| December 1953 – December 1956
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18462316 |title=Mayoral Elections |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=36,498 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 December 1954 |access-date=30 March 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| 
| Keith W. Anderson
| 
| December 1956 – December 1958
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Dudley G. Page
| Independent
| December 1958 – December 1959
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Jack Cole
| Independent
| December 1959 – December 1960
| <ref name="mayors"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236329301 |title=Around and About |newspaper=The Express Tribune |issue=1010 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 August 1957 |access-date=30 March 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Ray M. O'Keefe
| Independent
| December 1960 – December 1962
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| 
| Doug J. Morey
| 
| December 1962 – December 1965
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| [[Ernie Page (politician)|Ernie Page]]
| Labor
| December 1965 – December 1967
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| Doug T. Sutherland
| Independent
| December 1967 – December 1968
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| 
| Ray A. Farrelly
| 
| December 1968 – September 1970
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| 
| Doug J. Morey
| 
| September 1970 – September 1972
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| [[Ernie Page (politician)|Ernie Page]]
| Labor
| September 1972 – September 1973
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| James R. Markham
| Independent
| September 1973 – September 1974
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| 
| Avrom Yossef Singer
| 
| September 1975 – September 1976
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| 
| David Anthony Taylor
| 
| September 1976 – September 1977
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| [[Ernie Page (politician)|Ernie Page]]
| Labor
| September 1977 – September 1983
| <ref name="mayors">{{cite web |title=The Mayors of Waverley Council |url=https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/159214/The_Mayors_of_Waverley_Council_rev2017.pdf |publisher=Waverley Council |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="Councillors">{{cite web |title=Councillors of Waverley, 1859 – 2009 |url=http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/18940/Councillors_of_Waverley_rev.pdf |publisher=Waverley Council |access-date=27 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329140530/http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/18940/Councillors_of_Waverley_rev.pdf |archive-date=29 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| James R. Markham
| Independent
| September 1983 – September 1984
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| Ray J. Collins
| Independent
| September 1984 – September 1985
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| [[John Douglas Morrison]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}}
| Independent
| September 1985 – September 1986
| <ref>Father of [[Scott Morrison]], [[Prime Minister of Australia]].</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mr John Douglas MORRISON – Medal of the Order of Australia |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1057182 |website=It's an Honour database |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=29 March 2019 |date=14 June 2004 |quote=For service to the community of eastern Sydney, particularly through youth, church, amateur theatre and service groups.}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| Carolyn Ann Markham
| Independent
| September 1986 – September 1987
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-	
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| [[Barbara Armitage]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}}
| rowspan=3| Labor
| September 1987 – September 1996
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Armitage, Barbara |url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1330b.htm |website=The Australian Women's Register |publisher=Australian Women's Archives Project |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ms Barbara Jean ARMITAGE – Medal of the Order of Australia |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1040596 |website=It's an Honour database |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=29 March 2019 |date=10 June 2002 |quote=For service to local government, to the reduction of water pollution through the establishment of Sydney Coastal Councils and BeachWatch, and to the community.}}</ref>
|-
| [[Paul Pearce]]
| September 1996 – 8 April 2004
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Pearce Re-elected Mayor |url=http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/happenin/media/9809may.htm |publisher=Waverley Council |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991023005827/http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/happenin/media/9809may.htm |archive-date=23 October 1999 |format=Media Release |date=24 September 1998}}</ref>
|-
| Peter Moscatt
| 8 April 2004 – 22 September 2005
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Thursday, 8 April 2004 |url=http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/council/meetings/2004Minutes/0404/CommWhole.htm |publisher=Waverley Council |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040826112057/http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/council/meetings/2004Minutes/0404/CommWhole.htm |archive-date=26 August 2004 |date=8 April 2004}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Greens}}| 
| Mora Main
| Greens
| 22 September 2005 – 21 September 2006
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Cr Mora Main Elected As Waverley's New Mayor |url=http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au//info/media/report.asp?articleID=132 |publisher=Waverley Council |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801121602/http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au//info/media/report.asp?articleID=132 |archive-date=1 August 2008 |format=Media Release |date=22 September 2005}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| [[George Newhouse]]
| rowspan=2| Labor
| 21 September 2006 – 20 September 2007
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Human Rights Lawyer elected as new Waverley Mayor |url=http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/info/media/report.asp?articleID=221 |publisher=Waverley Council |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801003015/http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/info/media/report.asp?articleID=221 |archive-date=1 August 2008 |format=Media Release |date=22 September 2006}}</ref>
|-
| Ingrid Strewe
| 20 September 2007 – 30 September 2008
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Ingrid Strewe elected as new Waverley Mayor |url=http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/info/media/report.asp?articleID=378 |publisher=Waverley Council |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080729044742/http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/info/media/report.asp?articleID=378 |archive-date=29 July 2008 |format=Media Release |date=20 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Laughlin |first1=Shaya |title=Cr Strewe steps down after 13 years |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/wentworth-courier/cr-strew-steps-down-after-13-years/news-story/837db025821083a7e2357bd55c5ff2e8 |access-date=29 March 2019 |agency=Wentworth Courier |date=9 August 2017}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| [[Sally Betts]]
| Liberal
| 30 September 2008 – 22 September 2011
| <ref name="mayors"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| John Wakefield
| Labor
| 22 September 2011 – 27 September 2012
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Council News Mayor's Column Mayor's Column Items 2011– Weekly Columns in the Wentworth Courier Wednesday, 5 October |url=http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/your_council/council_news/mayors_column/mayors_column_item/weekly_columns_in_the_wentworth_courier_-_2011/wednesday,_5_october |publisher=Waverley Council |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324175307/http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/your_council/council_news/mayors_column/mayors_column_item/weekly_columns_in_the_wentworth_courier_-_2011/wednesday,_5_october |archive-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| [[Sally Betts]]
| Liberal
| 27 September 2012 – 26 September 2017
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Davies |first1=Anne |title=Sally Betts: the Waverley mayor who rules Sydney's east |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sally-betts-the-waverley-mayor-who-rules-sydneys-east-20160316-gnkeav.html |access-date=29 March 2019 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=18 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| John Wakefield
| rowspan=2| Labor
| 26 September 2017 – 27 September 2019
| <ref>{{cite news |last1=Laughlin |first1=Shaya |title=Labor's John Wakefield is Waverley Council's new mayor |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/wentworth-courier/labors-john-wakefield-is-waverley-councils-new-mayor/news-story/e6e0aa1d99c00fb7b7ba21301d2f620b |access-date=29 March 2019 |agency=Wentworth Courier |date=27 September 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Paula Masselos
| 27 September 2019 – present
| <ref name="MasselosKeenan">{{cite news |title=Waverley welcomes its first Greek Mayor, Councillor Paula Masselos |url=https://neoskosmos.com/en/147424/waverley-welcomes-its-first-greek-mayor-councillor-paula-masselos/ |access-date=25 May 2020 |agency=Neos Kosmos |date=1 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Waverley Mayor and Deputy Mayor re-elected |url=https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/top_link_pages/news_and_media/council_news/news/waverley_mayor_and_deputy_mayor_re-elected2 |access-date=30 September 2021 |publisher=Waverley Council |date=24 September 2021 |format=Media Release}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Councillor Paula Masselos and Councillor Elaine Keenan re-elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor |url=https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/top_link_pages/news_and_media/council_news/news/councillor_paula_masselos_and_councillor_elaine_keenan_re-elected_mayor_and_deputy_mayor |access-date=15 January 2022 |publisher=Waverley Council |date=11 January 2022 |format=Media Release}}</ref><ref name="PMLF"/>
|}

==Town Clerks and General Managers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Officeholder
!Term
!Notes
|-
| William James Hamburger 
| 1859 – 18 October 1859
| <ref name="DowdPart2"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64091870 |title=WAVERLEY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. |newspaper=Empire |issue=2,520 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 October 1859 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28609711 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=LVII |issue=9309 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 March 1868 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| William Mortimer
| 25 October 1859 – 9 February 1872
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64092255 |title=[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] MELBOURNE. |newspaper=Empire |issue=2,527 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 November 1859 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225464193 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=28 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 February 1868 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=329 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=mortimermacpherson>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13252609 |title=Advertising |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=LXV |issue=10,529 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 February 1872 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| Jonathan Wiley
| 12 March 1872 – 31 December 1875
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223087708 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=84 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 March 1872 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=733 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17080356 |title=OBITUARY. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=30,172 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 September 1934 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name=wiley>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28400709 |title=BOROUGH COUNCILS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |volume=LXXII |issue=11,718 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 December 1875 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| William Wiley
| 1 January 1876 – 10 January 1882
| <ref name=wiley/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223646118 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=55 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 February 1876 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=722 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162062800 |title=Mr. W. Wiley. |newspaper=The Sydney Mail And New South Wales Advertiser |volume=XLVIII |issue=1522 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 September 1889 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=531 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16094177 |title=CITY ASSESSOR. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=26,740 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=18 September 1923 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16094497 |title=OBITUARY. MR. WILLIAM WILEY. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=26,742 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 September 1923 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| Robert Thomas Orr
| 10 January 1882 – 18 May 1897
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221702319 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=61 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 February 1882 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=811 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108058812 |title=WAVERLEY COUNCIL. |newspaper=Evening News |issue=9345 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 May 1897 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238398934 |title=SUDDEN DEATH AT MANLY. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |issue=5597 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 May 1897 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| John Clubb
| 29 May 1897
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224599130 |title=BOROUGH OF WAVERLEY. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=435 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 June 1897 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=3760 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227210514 |title=PRESENTATION. |newspaper=[[The Australian Star]] |issue=2907 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 May 1897 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108058212 |title=THE WAVERLEY COUNCIL. |newspaper=Evening News |issue=9351 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 May 1897 |access-date=31 March 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
|
|
|
|-
| Arthur Kyron
| February 2014 – 29 April 2016
| <ref name=KyronBrown>{{cite web |title=MINUTES OF THE WAVERLEY COUNCIL MEETING – Tuesday 19 April 2016 |url=http://waverley.infocouncil.biz/Open/2016/04/CM_20160419_MIN_376.PDF |publisher=Waverley Council |access-date=30 September 2021 |date=19 April 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Peter Brown
| 29 April 2016 – 15 February 2017
| <ref name=brownhend/><ref name=KyronBrown/>
|-
| Cathy Henderson (acting)
| 15 February 2017 – 14 February 2018
| <ref name=brownhend>{{cite news |title=Waverley Council's Interim General Manager, Peter Brown resignation |url=https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/top_link_pages/news_and_media/council_news/2017-2018/waverley_councils_interim_general_manager,_peter_brown_resignation |access-date=30 September 2021 |publisher=Waverley Council |date= 17 February 2017 |format=Media Release}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Waverley Council's Acting General Manager Resigns |url=https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/top_link_pages/news_and_media/council_news/2017-2018/waverley_councils_acting_general_manager_resigns |access-date=30 September 2021 |publisher=Waverley Council |date= 1 February 2018 |format=Media Release}}</ref>
|-
| Peter Monks (acting)
| 14 February 2018 – 20 March 2018
| <ref>{{cite web |title=MINUTES OF THE WAVERLEY EXTRAORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING – Tuesday 6 February 2018 |url=http://waverley.infocouncil.biz/Open/2018/02/CM_20180206_MIN_485_EXTRA.PDF |publisher=Waverley Council |access-date=30 September 2021 |date=6 February 2018}}</ref>
|-
| Ross McLeod
| 20 March 2018 – 26 February 2021
| <ref>{{cite news |title=New General Manager for Waverley Council |url=https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/top_link_pages/news_and_media/council_news/2017-2018/new_general_manager_for_waverley_council |access-date=30 September 2021 |publisher=Waverley Council |date=21 March 2018 |format=Media Release}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Waverley Council General Manager |url=https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/top_link_pages/news_and_media/council_news/news/waverley_council_general_manager |access-date=30 September 2021 |publisher=Waverley Council |date=21 January 2021 |format=Media Release}}</ref>
|-
| Emily Scott
| 26 February 2021 – present
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Waverley Council welcomes a new General Manager |url=https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/top_link_pages/news_and_media/council_news/news/waverley_council_welcomes_a_new_general_manager |access-date=30 September 2021 |publisher=Waverley Council |date=26 May 2021 |format=Media Release}}</ref>
|}
[[File:1 Bronte House1.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[Bronte House]] is owned by Waverley Council.]][[File:Graves at Waverley Cemetery July 2018.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Waverley Cemetery]] is owned and managed by Waverley Council.]]

==Heritage listings==
The Waverley Council area has a number of heritage-listed items and conservation areas, including those listed on the [[New South Wales State Heritage Register]]:
* Bondi, 36 Anglesea Street: [[Electricity Substation No. 269]]<ref name=nswshr-1791>{{cite NSW SHR|5060566|Electricity Substation No. 269|hr=01791|fn=H07/00159-001|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Bondi, Blair Street: [[Bondi Ocean Outfall Sewer]]<ref name=nswshr-1623>{{cite NSW SHR|5053861|BOOS (Bondi Ocean Outfall Sewer)|hr=01623|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Bondi, 60 Blair Street: [[St Anne's Catholic Church, Bondi]]<ref name=nswshr-1706>{{cite NSW SHR|5055014|St. Anne's Church|hr=01706|fn=H97/01007|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Bondi, Military Road: [[Bondi Sewer Vent]]<ref name=nswshr-1637>{{cite NSW SHR|5053876|Sewer Vent (Ben Buckler)|hr=01637|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Bondi Beach, Queen Elizabeth Drive: [[Bondi Beach Cultural Landscape]]<ref name=nswshr-1786>{{cite NSW SHR|5055526|Bondi Beach Cultural Landscape|hr=01786|fn=EF14/5781; H07/65, 09/590|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Bondi Junction and Waverley, Paul Street: [[Waverley Reservoirs]]<ref name=nswshr-1646>{{cite NSW SHR|5053885|Waverley Reservoir (Elevated) (WS 0136)|hr=01646|fn=H05/00093|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=nswshr-1353>{{cite NSW SHR|5051455|Waverley Reservoir No.1 (WS 0132)|hr=01353|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Bronte, 470 Bronte Road: [[Bronte House]]<ref name=nswshr-55>{{cite NSW SHR|5045208|Bronte House|hr=00055|fn=S90/06149 & HC 32119|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Bronte, St Thomas Street: [[Waverley Cemetery]]<ref name=nswshr-1975>{{cite NSW SHR|5050820|Waverley Cemetery|hr=01975|fn=EF14/13572; H04/91/10,|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* North Bondi, [[Ben Buckler Gun Battery]]<ref name=nswshr-1742>{{cite NSW SHR|5056455|Ben Buckler Gun Battery 1893, 9.2 Disappearing Gun|hr=01742|fn=H05/00100/1|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Vaucluse, 793 Old South Head Road: [[South Head General Cemetery]]<ref name=nswshr-1991>{{cite NSW SHR|5063599|South Head General Cemetery|hr=01991|fn=DOC16/589652; EF16/13595|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Waverley, 240 Birrell Street: [[St Mary's Anglican Church, Waverley]]<ref name=nswshr-160>{{cite NSW SHR|5045043|St. Mary's Anglican Church and Pipe Organ|hr=00160|fn=S90/05379 & HC 32178|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Waverley, 11 Victoria Street: [[Charing Cross (homestead)]]<ref name=nswshr-449>{{cite NSW SHR|5045037|Charing Cross|hr=00449|fn=S90/04802 & HC 33057|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Waverley, 45 Victoria Street: [[Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, Waverley]]<ref name=nswshr-626>{{cite NSW SHR|5045410|Mary Immaculate Group|hr=00626|fn=S90/04626 & HC 32915|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

==The Nib Literary Award==
The [[Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award]], formerly The Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature, is organised and supported by the council, and the awards ceremony held in Waverley Library each year.<ref name=wc2019>{{cite web | title=Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award | website=Waverley Council | date=25 April 2020 | url=https://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/recreation/arts_and_culture/nib | access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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