Cumberland City Council

{{For|the defunct Cumberland County Council abolished in 1964|County of Cumberland, New South Wales}}

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = lga

| name = Cumberland City Council

| state = nsw

| image = Cumberland Council LGA Sydney 2016.png

| caption = Location in Metropolitan Sydney

| image2 =

| caption2 =

| pop = 235,439

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS | id = LGA12380 |name=Cumberland |access-date=11 May 2024 |quick=on }}

| est = {{start date|2016|05|12|df=y}}

| area = 72

| area_footnotes =

| density =

| mayor = Ola Hamed (Labor)

| mayortitle =

| seat = Administration Centre, Merrylands

| region = Greater Western Sydney

| stategov = Auburn

| stategov2 = Fairfield

| stategov3 = Granville

| stategov4 = Prospect

| fedgov = Blaxland

| fedgov2 = Greenway

| fedgov3 = McMahon

| fedgov4 = Parramatta

| logo = Cumberland City Council logo.svg

| logo_upright =

| url = http://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/

| near-n = Parramatta

| near-ne = Parramatta

| near-sw = Fairfield

| near-w = Blacktown

| near-nw = Parramatta

| near-s = Canterbury Bankstown

| near-se = Canterbury Bankstown

| near-e = Strathfield

}}

Cumberland Council, trading as Cumberland City Council, is a local government area located in the western suburbs of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Council was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of parts of the Cities of Auburn, Parramatta (Woodville Ward), and Holroyd.{{cite web |url=https://www.strongercouncils.nsw.gov.au/new-councils/cumberland-council/ |archive-date=15 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315021010/https://www.strongercouncils.nsw.gov.au/new-councils/cumberland-council/ |url-status=dead |title=Cumberland Council |work=Stronger Councils {{!}} Stronger Communities |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=12 May 2016 |access-date=13 May 2016 }}

The Council comprises an area of {{convert|72|km2}} and as of the {{CensusAU|2021}} had a population of {{formatnum:235,439}}.

The first Special Meeting of Cumberland Council was held on 19 May 2016 at the Granville Town Hall, and the council currently meets at the Merrylands Administration Centre.{{cite web |url=https://cumberland.infocouncil.biz/Open/2016/05/C_19052016_MIN_EXTRA.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511045029/https://cumberland.infocouncil.biz/Open/2016/05/C_19052016_MIN_EXTRA.PDF |url-status=live |archive-date=11 May 2024 |title=Minutes of the Extraordinary Council of Cumberland held at Granville Town Hall, 10 Carlton Street, Granville on Thursday, 19 May 2016. |work=Cumberland Council |date=19 May 2016 |access-date=24 August 2016 }}

The current mayor is Ola Hamed of the Australian Labor Party, elected on 16 October 2024.https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/community-news-update-22-october-2024

Suburbs and localities in the local government area

Suburbs in the Cumberland City Council area are:{{cite web |url=https://www.strongercouncils.nsw.gov.au/assets/Uploads/PP5007-W-CUMBERLAND-COUNCIL-WARDS.pdf |title=Cumberland Council Wards |work=Stronger Councils |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=12 May 2016 |access-date=15 May 2016 }}{{better source needed|date=May 2024|reason=Link is dead, updated list of suburbs included within this LGA required.}}

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History

=Holroyd Council=

Image:Holroyd-NSW-CouncilChambers-1.jpgThe area formerly known as the City of Holroyd was first proclaimed in July 1872 as the "Municipal District of Prospect and Sherwood", which became the "Municipality of Prospect and Sherwood" from 1906 and on 11 January 1927 it was renamed the "Municipality of Holroyd" after Arthur Holroyd, the first mayor.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225842839 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=186 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=5 July 1872 |access-date=18 November 2017 |page=1711 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220227691 |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919. |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |issue=8 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 January 1927 |access-date=18 November 2017 |page=305 |via=National Library of Australia}} From 1 January 1991, city status was granted, becoming the City of Holroyd. Originally located at the Council Chambers in Merrylands West from 1915, the administrative centre of Holroyd was located in the suburb of Merrylands from 1962.{{cite news|last1=Stevens|first1=Kylie|title=Plaque unveiled at former Holroyd council chambers in Arcadia Street|url=https://www.fairfieldchampion.com.au/story/3724956/old-site-not-forgotten/|access-date=21 April 2018|agency=Fairfield City Champion|date=12 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421163023/https://www.fairfieldchampion.com.au/story/3724956/old-site-not-forgotten/|archive-date=21 April 2018|url-status=dead}}

=Auburn Council=

File:Crowd gathered at the opening of the new Town Hall, Auburn, New South Wales, 12 July 1927.jpgTo the east of Holroyd, the City of Auburn was first proclaimed on 19 February 1892 as the "Borough of Auburn" and became the "Municipality of Auburn" in 1906.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222977417 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=122 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=20 February 1892 |access-date=14 November 2017 |page=1457 |via=National Library of Australia}} On 20 June 1906, the hitherto unincorporated area around Silverwater and Newington was combined into the Municipality of Auburn.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229309675 |title=PROCLAMATION |newspaper=Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales |issue=184 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 June 1906 |access-date=15 November 2017 |page=3727 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The eastern section of Auburn was originally proclaimed as the Borough of Rookwood on 8 December 1891 and in 1913 Rookwood was renamed "Lidcombe", a portmanteau of the names of the two previous mayors, in an attempt to distance the municipality from the necropolis.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219926480 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=782 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 December 1891 |access-date=14 November 2017 |page=9683 |via=National Library of Australia}} On 1 January 1949, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, the Municipalities of Auburn and Lidcombe were amalgamated to form the new "Municipality of Auburn". In 1993 Auburn Municipal Council became "Auburn Council" and was granted city status in 2008, becoming the "Auburn City Council".

=Woodville Ward=

The area known as the Woodville Ward of the City of Parramatta until the amalgamations in May 2016, was first incorporated as the "Borough of Granville" on 20 January 1885, which became the "Municipality of Granville" from 1906, and met in the Granville Town Hall when it was completed in 1888.{{citation|title=History of the Woodville Ward of the Parramatta City Council|publisher=Holroyd City Council Library Service|date=2016}}

On 1 January 1949, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, the municipalities of Granville, Dundas, Ermington and Rydalmere, and Parramatta were amalgamated to form the new "City of Parramatta". Granville municipality became the "Granville Ward" and the council meetings of the new Parramatta City were held at the Granville Town Hall from 1949 until the new administration centre was opened in Parramatta in 1958. In 1995 a reorganisation of Parramatta's wards resulted in Granville Ward being renamed "Woodville Ward" after Woodville Road while the former Granville Municipality suburbs of Harris Park, Rosehill, Telopea, and northern sections of Granville and Clyde, were moved into the Elizabeth Macarthur Ward.

=Establishment of Cumberland Council=

File:Granville-NSW-TownHall.jpg

A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended a major reorganisation for the area covered by Auburn, Holroyd and Parramatta councils. The government considered two proposals. The first was a merger of parts of Auburn, Holroyd and Parramatta to form a new council with an area of {{convert|72|km2}} and support a population of approximately 219,000.{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/94273c346ec006e434a2a495f103c0cb/Auburn-Holroyd-Parramatta-South-Split.pdf |title=Merger proposal: Auburn City Council (part), Holroyd City Council (part), Parramatta City Council (part) |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=January 2016 |access-date=22 February 2016 |page=7 }} The second proposed a merger of parts of Parramatta, Auburn, The Hills, Hornsby, and Holroyd to form a new council with an area of {{convert|82|km2}} and support a population of approximately 215,725.{{cite web |url=https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/c09edbfa583792e6cb733ea8da8aaf58/Greater-Parramatta.pdf |title=Merger proposal: Parramatta City Council (part), Auburn City Council (part), The Hills Shire Council (part), Hornsby Shire Council (part), Holroyd City Council (part) |publisher=Government of New South Wales |date=January 2016 |access-date=22 February 2016 |page=8 |archive-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309130318/https://dpc-olg-ss.s3.amazonaws.com/c09edbfa583792e6cb733ea8da8aaf58/Greater-Parramatta.pdf |url-status=dead }}

On 12 May 2016, Cumberland Council was proclaimed as a new local government area, combining parts of Auburn City Council (south of the M4 Western Motorway), the Woodville Ward of the Parramatta City Council, and the majority of the Holroyd City Council.{{cite web|title=Local Government (City of Parramatta and Cumberland) Proclamation 2016 [NSW] - Schedule 2 - Provisions for Cumberland Council|url=https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/~/view/regulation/2016/241/historical2016-05-12/sch2|publisher=NSW Government|access-date=29 September 2017|date=12 May 2016}} The remainder of the Auburn City Council area north of the M4 Western Motorway (including parts of the Sydney Olympic Park) and a small section of Holroyd was merged into the reconstituted City of Parramatta Council.{{cite news |last1=Saulwick|first1=Jacob |last2=Kembrey|first2=Melanie |last3=McKenny|first3=Leisha |title=NSW council amalgamations announced |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-council-amalgamations-announced-by-premier-mike-baird-20160512-gotczo.html |access-date=25 August 2016 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=14 May 2016}}

File:Cumberland Council Logo.jpg

The former General Manager of Mosman Council (1986–2013), Viv May {{post-nominals|country=AUS|PSM}}, who had been serving as the Administrator of the suspended Auburn City Council since February 2016, was appointed as the Administrator, and the long-serving Holroyd General Manager, Merv Ismay, was appointed as interim general manager. The first Special Meeting of Cumberland Council was held on 19 May 2016, at the Granville Town Hall, the historic former seat of the Granville Municipality, which merged with Parramatta in 1949.{{cite news|last1=Stevens|first1=Kylie|title=Cumberland Council administrator Viv May runs first meeting at Granville Town Hall|url=https://www.fairfieldchampion.com.au/story/3918584/historic-night-for-cumberland-council/|access-date=21 April 2018|agency=Fairfield City Champion|date=20 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421163224/https://www.fairfieldchampion.com.au/story/3918584/historic-night-for-cumberland-council/|archive-date=21 April 2018|url-status=dead}} Subsequent Council meetings alternated between the Merrylands Administration Building and Auburn Civic Centre, until December 2016 when May decided that the Auburn council chambers would be taken over by the Auburn Library, and all council meetings from then to be held at Merrylands.{{cite web|last1=May|first1=Viv|title=Administrator's Minute – Auburn Council Chambers|url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2017-10/Administrators-Minute-Auburn-Council-Chambers.pdf|website=Meeting of the Council 21 December 2016|publisher=Cumberland Council|access-date=14 April 2018|date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320071503/https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2017-10/Administrators-Minute-Auburn-Council-Chambers.pdf|archive-date=20 March 2018|url-status=dead}}

After undertaking a significant amount of work to rationalise council services and staff, noting that "Auburn had issues with flagrant rezoning, and Holroyd was over-promising and underdelivering, living in a financial fantasy with many of its projects", May's term as Administrator came to an end in September 2017, with the election of the first council. The former Mayor of Holroyd, Greg Cummings, was elected as the inaugural Mayor of Cumberland Council on 27 September 2017.{{cite news|last1=Stevens|first1=Kylie|title=Greg Cummings is Cumberland Council mayor|url=http://www.parramattasun.com.au/story/4954951/another-surprise-mayoral-result/|access-date=29 September 2017|agency=Parramatta Sun|date=28 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929092155/http://www.parramattasun.com.au/story/4954951/another-surprise-mayoral-result/|archive-date=29 September 2017|url-status=dead}}

="City" trading name=

On 18 December 2019, the mayor Steve Christou presented a mayoral minute to Council recommending that Cumberland Council begin trading as "Cumberland City Council", by changing the Council's trading name and business registration. The motion was passed 7-7 with the casting vote of the mayor, and the name change to "Cumberland City Council" was implemented from January 2020.{{cite web |title=Minutes of Council Meeting, 18 December 2019: Mayoral Minute – Cumberland City Council |url=http://cumberland.infocouncil.biz/Open/2019/12/C_18122019_MIN_2615.PDF |publisher=Cumberland Council |access-date=9 October 2021 |page=2 |date=18 December 2019}}{{cite news |title=Cumberland gets city status |url-status=live |url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/news/cumberland-gets-city-status |access-date=9 October 2021 |publisher=Cumberland City Council |date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227180721/https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/news/cumberland-gets-city-status |archive-date=27 February 2020}} However, this did not legally confer city status on the council as it had merely changed the trading name of the council, the legal name as proclaimed in 2016 remains "Cumberland Council", which can only be changed by official proclamation of the Governor in the NSW Government Gazette under section 206 of the Local Government Act 1993.{{cite journal |title=Cumberland Council - Notice of Road Closure |journal=NSW Government Gazette |date=4 June 2021 |issue=240 |page=5}}{{Cite Legislation AU|NSW|act|lga1993182|Local Government Act 1993|206}} On 6 September 2023, the Council voted unanimously to write to the Minister for Local Government, requesting that the Council area be formally proclaimed as "Cumberland City" under section 206 of the Local Government Act, and the Council be renamed "Cumberland City Council" under section 207 of the Act.{{cite web |title=Minutes of the Council Meeting 6 September 2023 |at=Min.517 MM09/23-36 - Mayoral Minute - Legal Name of Cumberland Council |archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511052934/https://cumberland.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/09/C_06092023_MIN_3046.PDF |url-status=live|url=http://cumberland.infocouncil.biz/Open/2023/09/C_06092023_MIN_3046.PDF |website=Minutes - Council Meeting Wednesday, 6 September 2023 |publisher=Cumberland City Council |access-date=5 October 2023 |date=6 September 2023}}{{cite news |title=Mayor wants return of area 'city' status |url=https://www.localnewsplus.com.au/mayor-wants-return-of-area-city-status/ |access-date=5 October 2023 |agency=localnewsplus |publisher=Torch Publishing Company |date=29 September 2023}}

Heritage listings

The Cumberland Council area has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

  • Greystanes, Lower Prospect Canal Reserve{{cite NSW SHR|5055898|Lower Prospect Canal Reserve|hr=01945|fn=EF14/11245; H98/74-003|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Guildford, 11-35 Byron Road: Linnwood, Guildford{{cite NSW SHR|5052822|Linnwood|hr=01661|fn=EF14/4743; H00/00649|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Guildford, Frank Street: Guildford West pipehead and water supply canal{{cite NSW SHR|5053867|Pipehead, water supply canal and associated works|hr=01629|fn=H04/00262|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Prospect, Clunies Ross Street: Prospect Hill{{cite NSW SHR|5051526|Prospect Hill|hr=01662|fn=EF14/4745; 09/02310; H00/00504|access-date=18 May 2018}}
  • Westmead, 2, 4, 6, and 8 Bridge Road: Essington{{cite NSW SHR|5045170|Essington|hr=00204|fn=S90/05696 & HC 32605|access-date=18 May 2018}}

Demographics

class="wikitable"
colspan=7|Selected historical census data for Cumberland Council local government area
colspan=3|Census year2016{{Census 2016 AUS |id=LGA12380 |name=Cumberland (A) |access-date=11 May 2024 |quick=on}}2021
rowspan=4 colspan="2"|PopulationEstimated residents on census nightalign="right"|{{formatnum:216079}}align="right" | {{increase}} {{formatnum:235439}}
align="right"|LGA rank in terms of size within New South Walesalign="right"| 7{{small|th}}align="right" |
align="right"|% of New South Wales populationalign="right"| 2.89%align="right" |{{increase}} 2.91%
align="right"|% of Australian populationalign="right"|0.92%align="right|{{steady}} 0.92%
colspan=4|Cultural and language diversity
rowspan=5 colspan=2|Ancestry,
top responses
Lebanesealign="right"| 11.3%align="right"|{{increase}} 11.9%
Chinesealign="right"| 10.8%align="right" |{{increase}} 12.6%
Australianalign="right"| 10.1%align="right"|{{increase}} 10.6%
Englishalign="right"| 8.8%align="right"|{{increase}} 9.2%
Indianalign="right"| 7.1%align="right"|{{increase}} 8.7%
rowspan=6 colspan=2|Language,
top responses
(other than English)
|Arabicalign="right"| 15.2%align="right" |{{decrease}} 14.1%
Mandarinalign="right"| 6.3%align="right"|{{increase}} 6.7%
Cantonesealign="right"| 4.5%align="right"|{{decrease}} 4.0%
Tamilalign="right"| 3.1%align="right" |{{increase}} 3.3%
Turkishalign="right"| 3.1%align="right"
Nepalialign="right"
|align="right |4.4%
colspan=4|Religious affiliation
rowspan=5 colspan=2|Religious affiliation,
top responses
Catholicalign="right"| 24.0%align="right" |{{decrease}} 21.3%
Islamalign="right"| 21.9%align="right" |{{increase}} 22.8%
No religion, so describedalign="right"|13.8%align="right" |{{increase}} 14.7%
Hinduismalign="right"|10.2%align="right"|{{increase}} 13.4%
Not statedalign="right"| 8.2%align="right" |{{increase}} 8.5%
colspan=4|Median weekly incomes
rowspan=2 colspan=2|Personal incomeMedian weekly personal incomealign="right" |$501align="right" |{{increase}} $654
align="right"|% of Australian median incomealign="right"|75.67%align="right"|{{increase}} 81.24%
rowspan=2 colspan=2|Family incomeMedian weekly family incomealign="right |$1,436align="right" |{{increase}} ${{formatnum:1808}}
align="right"|% of Australian median incomealign="right"|82.81%align="right"|{{increase}} 85.28%
rowspan=2 colspan=2|Household incomeMedian weekly household incomealign="right" |$1,379align="right" |{{increase}} ${{formatnum:1678}}
align="right"|% of Australian median incomealign="right"|95.89%align="right"|{{increase}} 96.10%

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Facilities

There are eight libraries located throughout the local government area.{{cite web|title=Libraries - Cumberland Council|url=http://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/library/|publisher=Cumberland Council}} There are also five council-run swimming pools. On 9 September 2017 a poll put to the residents by council asked for their views on continuing to run all five pools, given that their operating costs took up 2% of council revenue. The poll returned a result of 74% in favour of continuing council operation of all the pools.{{cite web|title=Cumberland {{ndash}} Poll|url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2017/cumberland/poll/summary.htm|archive-date=11 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511052027/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2017/cumberland/poll/summary.htm |quote=Cumberland Council currently operates five public swimming pools in the Local Government Area. Each year the five pools expect to cater for a total of approximately 405,000 visitors. In 2018 it is estimated that the total operating costs of all five pools will exceed revenues by almost $2.15 million (which is 2.4% of Council’s rates income), and it is expected that the shortfall will increase in subsequent years. Council subsidises these pools by using other funding sources, such as rates to cover the shortfall. Do you support Council continuing to operate and subsidise all of these swimming pools? |url-status=live|date=16 September 2017|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=29 September 2017}}

Located partially in the region, the Smithfield-Wetherill Park Industrial Estate is the largest industrial estate in the southern hemisphere and is the centre of manufacturing and distribution in western Sydney, with more than 1,000 manufacturing, wholesale, transport and service firms.{{citation needed|date=May 2024|reason=Smithfield-Wetherill Park Industrial Estate appears to be based primarily within Fairfield City Council.}}

Council

{{Infobox legislature

| name = Cumberland City Council

| leader1 = Ola Hamed ({{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}})

| leader1_type = Mayor

| leader2 = Michael Zaiter ({{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}})

| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor

| seats = 15 councillors

|structure1 = 332px

Map of elected councillors by party in each of the 5 wards[https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2401/cumberland/results 2024 Cumberland Election results] NSW Electoral Commission (Published: 01 October 2024) (Accessed: 12 December 2024)

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|voting_system1 = Single transferable vote

| last_election1 = 14 September 2024

| next_election1 = 16 September 2028

}}

Cumberland City Council comprises fifteen councillors elected proportionally, with three Councillors elected in five wards. On 9 September 2017 the first council was elected. The Mayor is elected bi-annually and Deputy Mayor annually by the councillors at the first meeting of the council.

=Current composition=

The most recent election was held on 14 September 2024. Steve Christou left OLC in December 2024,[https://x.com/LocalElectionAU/status/1864484825044013549 Cumberland councillor Steve Christou joins the Libertarian Party] (2024) X (formerly Twitter) (Accessed: 06 December 2024) the makeup of the Council, is as follows:

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Wardcolspan="2"|CouncillorPartyNotes
rowspan="3"|Granville Ward{{cite web|title=Cumberland - Granville Ward|url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/cumberland/granville-ward/councillor|archive-date=11 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511050606/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/cumberland/granville-ward/councillor|url-status=live|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=21 December 2021|quote=The following candidates were declared elected on 16 October 2024: Steve CHRISTOU (OLC) Ola HAMED (ALP) Joseph RAHME}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Ola Hamed

| Labor

| Elected 2017; Deputy Mayor 2023–2024; Mayor 2024–present.

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| Joseph Rahme

| Liberal

| Elected 2017

{{Australian party style|Libertarian}}| 

| Steve Christou

| Libertarian

| Elected 2017; Mayor 2019–2022; Labor until 2019; Our Local Community 2019–2024; Libertarian 2024–present. {{cite news |title=Cumberland mayor quits Labor |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a_FBK&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Fnewslocal%2Fparramatta%2Fcumberland-council-new-mayor-steve-cristou-quits-labor-party%2Fnews-story%2F14064a2820cf1737a67d36127fd9e5e7&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-warm-test-score&V21spcbehaviour=append |access-date=9 October 2021 |agency=Parramatta Advertiser |date=26 September 2019 |url-access=subscription |via=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cite news |title=Mayor's defection slammed |url=https://www.localnewsplus.com.au/mayors-defection-slammed/ |access-date=9 October 2021 |agency=localnewsplus |publisher=Torch Publishing |date=1 October 2019}}[https://x.com/LocalElectionAU/status/1864484825044013549 Cumberland councillor Steve Christou joins the Libertarian Party] (2024) X (formerly Twitter) (Accessed: 06 December 2024)

rowspan="3"|Greystanes Ward{{cite web|title=Cumberland - Greystanes Ward|url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/cumberland/greystanes-ward/councillor|archive-date=11 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511050636/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/cumberland/greystanes-ward/councillor|url-status=live|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=21 December 2021|quote=The following candidates were declared elected on 21 December 2021: Diane COLMAN (ALP) Greg CUMMINGS (IND) Eddy SARKIS (OLC)}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Diane Colman

| Labor

| Elected 2021

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| Nadima Kafrouni-Saba

| Liberal

| Elected 2024

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Eddy Sarkis

| Independent

| Elected 2017; Deputy Mayor 2017–2018, 2019–2021; left Our Local Community in February 2024{{cite web |last1=Segaert |first1=Anthony |title=We asked every Cumberland councillor about the same-sex book ban. Here's what they said |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/we-asked-every-cumberland-councillor-about-the-same-sex-book-ban-here-s-what-they-said-20240514-p5jdh4.html |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515013329/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/we-asked-every-cumberland-councillor-about-the-same-sex-book-ban-here-s-what-they-said-20240514-p5jdh4.html |archive-date=15 May 2024 |date=15 May 2024 |quote=Eddy Sarkis, who left Our Local Community in February after not being endorsed by the party for the upcoming elections}}

rowspan="3"|Regents Park Ward{{cite web|title=Cumberland - Regents Park Ward|url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/cumberland/regents-park-ward/councillor|quote=The following candidates were declared elected on 21 December 2021: Kun HUANG (ALP) Sabrin FAROOQUI (ALP) Helen HUGHES (OLC)|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=21 December 2021|archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511050622/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/cumberland/regents-park-ward/councillor |url-status=live}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Enver Yasar

| Labor

| Elected 2024

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| Steve Yang

| Liberal

| Elected 2024

{{Australian party style|Teal Independent}}| 

| Helen Hughes

| Our Local Community

| Elected 2021

rowspan="3"|South Granville Ward{{cite web|title=Cumberland - South Granville Ward|url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/cumberland/south-granville-ward/councillor |archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511050402/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/cumberland/south-granville-ward/councillor|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|quote=The following candidates were declared elected on 21 December 2021: Glenn ELMORE (ALP) Paul GARRARD (OLC) Mohamad HUSSEIN (ALP)|access-date=21 December 2021 |date=21 December 2021}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Glenn Elmore

| Labor

| Elected 2017; Deputy Mayor 2018–2019.

{{Australian party style|Teal Independent}}| 

| Paul Garrard

| Our Local Community

| Elected 2017

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Ahmed Ouf

| Independent

| Elected 2024

rowspan="3"|Wentworthville Ward{{cite web|title=Cumberland - Wentworthville Ward|url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/cumberland/wentworthville-ward/councillor|quote=The following candidates were declared elected on 22 December 2021: Suman SAHA (ALP) Lisa LAKE (ALP) Michael ZAITER|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=21 December 2021|date=22 December 2021 |archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511050617/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2101/cumberland/wentworthville-ward/councillor |url-status=live}}

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| Michael Zaiter

| Liberal

| Elected 2017; Deputy Mayor 2021–2022, 2024–present

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Suman Saha

| Labor

| Elected 2017; Deputy Mayor 2022–2023.

{{Australian party style|Greens}}| 

| Sujan Selventhiran

| Greens

| Elected 2024

=Officeholders=

class="wikitable"
MayorTermNotes
Viv May {{post-nominals|country=AUS|PSM}} (Administrator)12 May 2016 – 27 September 2017Town Clerk/General Manager of Mosman 1986–2013, Administrator of Auburn 2016{{cite news|title=Viv May calls it a day|url=http://mosman.nsw.gov.au/news/2013/07/24/viv-may-calls-it-a-day/|access-date=29 September 2017|publisher=Mosman Council|date=24 July 2013|format=Media Release}}{{cite news|last1=Taouk|first1=Maryanne|title=OUTGOING ADMINISTRATOR VIV MAY WARNS INCOMING COUNCILLORS "DON'T WASTE OPPORTUNITY"|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/parramatta/outgoing-administrator-viv-may-warns-incoming-councillors-dont-waste-opportunity/news-story/fc3865eb5a31cffca01e9b07c6fa5329|access-date=29 September 2017|agency=Parramatta Advertiser|date=8 September 2017}}
Greg Cummings (ALP/IND)27 September 2017 – 25 September 2019Mayor of Holroyd 2008–2009, 2014–2016
Steve Christou (OLC)25 September 2019 – 12 January 2022{{cite news |title=New Cumberland Mayor elected |url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/news/new-cumberland-mayor-elected |access-date=9 October 2021 |publisher=Cumberland City Council |date=25 September 2019 |format=Media Release}}
Lisa Lake (ALP)12 January 2022 – 14 September 2024{{cite news |title=Councillor Lisa Lake re-elected as Mayor, Councillor Ola Hamed elected Deputy Mayor, of Cumberland Council |url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/news/councillor-lisa-lake-re-elected-mayor-councillor-ola-hamed-elected-deputy-mayor-cumberland |access-date=4 October 2023 |publisher=Cumberland City Council |date=28 September 2023 |format=Media Release}}
Ola Hamed (ALP)16 October 2024 – present
Deputy MayorTermNotes
Eddy Sarkis (OLC)27 September 2017 – 26 September 2018Deputy Mayor of Holroyd 2005–2007
Glenn Elmore (ALP)26 September 2018 – 25 September 2019{{cite news |title=Cumberland Council elects new Deputy Mayor |url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/council/whats-happening/news/cumberland-council-elects-new-deputy-mayor |access-date=7 March 2019 |publisher=Cumberland Council |date=27 September 2018 |format=Media Release}}
Eddy Sarkis (OLC)25 September 2019 – 30 September 2021
Michael Zaiter (LIB)30 September 2021 – 12 January 2022{{cite news |title=Councillor Steve Christou re-elected as Cumberland City Council Mayor |url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/news/councillor-steve-christou-re-elected-cumberland-city-council-mayor |access-date=9 October 2021 |publisher=Cumberland City Council |date=1 October 2021 |format=Media Release |archive-date=9 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009134201/https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/news/councillor-steve-christou-re-elected-cumberland-city-council-mayor |url-status=dead }}
Kun Huang (ALP)12 January 2022 – 28 September 2022
Suman Saha (ALP)28 September 2022 – 27 September 2023{{cite news |title=Cumberland City Council welcomes new Deputy Mayor |url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/news/cumberland-city-council-welcomes-new-deputy-mayor |access-date=7 October 2022 |publisher=Cumberland City Council |date=30 September 2022 |format=Media Release}}
Ola Hamed (ALP)27 September 2023 – 14 September 2024
Michael Zaiter (LIB)16 October 2024 – present
General ManagerTermNotes
Merv Ismay12 May 2016 – 2 June 2016General Manager of Holroyd 2007–2016
Malcolm Ryan2 June 2016 – 22 November 2017{{cite news|title=General Manager appointed to Cumberland Council|url=http://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/news/archive2016/general-manager-appointed-to-cumberland-council/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622124357/http://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/news/archive2016/general-manager-appointed-to-cumberland-council/|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 June 2017|access-date=29 September 2017|publisher=Cumberland Council|date=30 May 2016|format=Media Release}}
Hamish McNulty22 November 2017 – 22 April 2021Acting until July 2018{{cite web|title=Malcolm Ryan steps down as General Manager|url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/council/whats-happening/news/malcolm-ryan-steps-down-as-general-manager|publisher=Cumberland Council|access-date=21 April 2018|format=Media Release|date=22 November 2017}}
Peter Fitzgerald22 April 2021 – present{{cite news |title=Cumberland City Council welcomes acting general manager |url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/news/cumberland-city-council-welcomes-acting-general-manager |access-date=9 October 2021 |publisher=Cumberland City Council |date=22 April 2021 |format=Media Release}}{{cite news |last1=Barton |first1=Nicola |title=Cumberland City Council in safe hands |url=http://www.parranews.com.au/news/cumberland-city-council-in-safe-hands/ |access-date=9 October 2021 |agency=Parra News |date=4 May 2021}} Acting until 12 July 2021.{{cite news |title=Welcome new general manager |url=https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/news/welcome-new-general-manager#:~:text=We%20have%20appointed%20a%20new,in%20the%20role%20since%20February. |access-date=7 October 2022 |publisher=Cumberland City Council |date=12 July 2021 |format=Media Release}}

Election results

=2024=

{{excerpt|Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in Greater Sydney|section=Cumberland results}}

=2021=

{{excerpt|Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Greater Sydney|section=Cumberland results}}

Controversies

=Drag queen storytime ban=

In February 2024, Cumberland City Council voted in favour of banning drag queen storytime from council events.{{cite news |title='Fear-mongering': Sydney council bans drag queen storytime events at heated meeting |work=SBS News |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/fear-mongering-council-bans-drag-queen-storytime-events-at-heated-meeting/t0n9vslf8 |date=29 February 2024 |archive-date=11 May 2024 |access-date=8 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511041949/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/fear-mongering-council-bans-drag-queen-storytime-events-at-heated-meeting/t0n9vslf8 |first=David |last=Aidone |url-status=live }}

=Same-sex parenting book ban=

{{Main article|2024 Cumberland book ban}}

On 1 May 2024, Cumberland City Council voted in favour of removing a book about same-sex parenting from council libraries.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/07/sydney-council-bans-same-sex-parenting-books-from-libraries-for-safety-of-our-children |archive-date=11 May 2024 |access-date=8 May 2024 |work=The Guardian |url-status=live |title=Sydney council bans same-sex parenting books from libraries for 'safety of our children' |date=7 May 2024 |first1=Caitlin |last1=Cassidy |first2=Tamsin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511044041/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/07/sydney-council-bans-same-sex-parenting-books-from-libraries-for-safety-of-our-children |last2=Rose}} The motion was proposed by Councillors Christou and Garrard and passed with 6 votes in favour and 5 against. The state Government's Arts Minister John Graham threatened to cut funding for the Council's libraries due to this motion against same-sex books passing.{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-07/nsw-sydney-council-bans-same-sex-parenting-book/103816950 |date=7 May 2024 |access-date=8 May 2024 |archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511042843/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-07/nsw-sydney-council-bans-same-sex-parenting-book/103816950 |url-status=live |title=NSW government threatens some Western Sydney libraries' funding over same-sex parenting book ban |work=ABC News |first=Isobel |last=Roe}}

On 15 May 2024, Cumberland City Council voted in favour of a motion to rescind the initial book ban.{{Cite news |date=2024-05-15 |title=Protesters lash council over 'extremely homophobic' same-sex parenting book ban as decision reversed |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-15/western-sydney-council-vote-same-sex-book-ban/103851924 |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516012824/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-15/western-sydney-council-vote-same-sex-book-ban/103851924|archive-date=16 May 2024 |url-status=live |first=Alexander |last=Lewis}} Separately proposed amendments by Councillors Christou and Garrard to move the book in question to the adult section of the library were voted down, with Councillor Huang stating "we won't compromise on the principle[s] of equality and fairness".{{Cite AV media |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240519084916/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edal6JLYPSI |archive-date=19 May 2024 |url-status=live |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edal6JLYPSI |title=BREAKING: Cumberland City Council votes to OVERTURN ban on same-sex parents books {{!}} 6 News |date=2024-05-15 |work=SIX News Australia |access-date=2024-05-16 |via=YouTube}} Following four hours of debate, the motion was passed with 12 votes in favour and 2 against. Councillors Hughes, Cummings, Hussein, Garrard, and Zaiter changed their position from 1 May to support the rescission motion on 15 May 2024,{{Cite news |archive-date=16 May 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516012651/https://www.localelections.com.au/post/what-just-happened-six-councillors-switch-sides-in-cumberland-city-council-same-sex-parents-book-ba |last=Puglisi |first=Leonardo |date=2024-05-15 |title=What just happened? Six councillors switch sides in Cumberland City Council same-sex parents book ban vote |url=https://www.localelections.com.au/post/what-just-happened-six-councillors-switch-sides-in-cumberland-city-council-same-sex-parents-book-ba |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=Local Elections Australia |language=en|publisher=6 News Australia}} while Councillors Christou and Sarkis, the latter of whom was not present in the first meeting, voted to keep the ban.

On the night of 15 May, police and security guards were present as protesters clashed over the book ban outside the council chambers at Merrylands. One councillor, Eddy Sarkis, who initially supported the ban, stated, "I read the book and have come to the conclusion that nothing sexualises children in this book".{{cite press release |first=Tara |last=Ravens |url=https://equalityaustralia.org.au/grandmother-and-equality-australia-welcome-reversal-of-cumberland-council-book-ban/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519084308/https://equalityaustralia.org.au/grandmother-and-equality-australia-welcome-reversal-of-cumberland-council-book-ban/ |access-date=19 May 2024 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |date=15 May 2024 |title=Grandmother and Equality Australia welcome reversal of Cumberland Council book ban |website=equalityaustralia.org.au}}{{Cite news |last=Achenza |first=Madeleine|date=2024-05-16 |title=Protesters clash over same-sex parenting book ban at Cumberland City Council|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/politics/protesters-clash-over-samesex-parenting-book-ban-at-cumberland-city-council/news-story/63485b6760749f5700b3f3025125928a|access-date=2024-05-19 |website=News.com.au |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519085217/https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/politics/protesters-clash-over-samesex-parenting-book-ban-at-cumberland-city-council/news-story/63485b6760749f5700b3f3025125928a|url-status=live|archive-date=19 May 2024}}

See also

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References

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