Editing Wyong Shire (section)

===Final composition and election method===
Wyong Shire Council was composed of ten [[councillor]]s elected [[Single transferable vote|proportionally]] as two separate [[Ward (country subdivision)|wards]] (previously known as "[[Riding (division)|ridings]]"), each electing five councillors. All councillors were elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The [[mayor]] was elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The last election was held on 8 September 2012, and the composition of the council was:<ref name="EC-A"/><ref name="EC-B"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ward!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!Party!!Notes
|-
| rowspan="5"|A Ward<ref name="EC-A">{{cite web |url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/wyong-shire-council/a-ward |title=Wyong Shire Council - A Ward |work=Local Government Elections 2012 |publisher=Electoral Commission of New South Wales |date=16 September 2012 |access-date=24 September 2012}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Doug Vincent
| [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor]]
| Elected 2008–2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Councillor Doug Vincent |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-doug-vincent/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217111932/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-doug-vincent/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| Luke Nayna
| [[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal]]
| Elected 2012–2015. Resigned 11 September 2015, no by-election held.<ref>{{cite news |title=Council to save costs of by-election |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/council-to-save-by-election-costs |access-date=17 December 2020 |agency=Wyong Shire Council |date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616101546/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/council-news/media-releases-2015/council-to-save-by-election-costs |archive-date=16 June 2016 |format=Media Release}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Greg Best
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| Elected 1995–2016. Deputy Mayor 1996–1997, 2001–2002. Mayor 2002–2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Councillor Greg Best |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-greg-best/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217111745/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-greg-best/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Adam Troy
| Save Tuggerah Lakes
| Elected 2012–2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Councillor Adam Troy |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-adam-troy/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217111834/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-adam-troy/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Ken Greenwald
| Labor
| Elected 2012–2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Councillor Ken Greenwald |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-ken-greenwald/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217111819/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-ken-greenwald/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5"|B Ward<ref name="EC-B">{{cite web |url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/wyong-shire-council/b-ward |title=Wyong Shire Council - B Ward |work=Local Government Elections 2012 |publisher=Electoral Commission of New South Wales |date=16 September 2012 |access-date=24 September 2012}}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| Lynne Webster
| Liberal
| Elected 2008–2016. Deputy Mayor 2012–2016.<ref name=mayor/><ref>{{cite web |title=Wyong Shire Councillors - Councillor Lynne Webster |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about/your_councillors_Webster.html |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531005102/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about/your_councillors_Webster.html |archive-date=31 May 2009}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| [[Bob Graham (Australian politician)|Bob Graham]]
| Independent
| Elected 1999–2016. Mayor 2005–2007, 2008–2010, 2011–2012. Deputy Mayor 1999–2000, 2002–2004, 2010–2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Councillor Bob Graham |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-bob-graham/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217112023/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-bob-graham/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wyong Shire Councillors - R.L. (Bob) Graham |url=http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about/your_councillors_graham.html |website=Your Councillors |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003024659/http://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about/your_councillors_graham.html |archive-date=3 October 2009}}</ref>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| Lisa Matthews 
| Labor
| Elected 2008–2016. Deputy Mayor 2009–2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Councillor Lisa Matthews |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-lisa-matthews/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217112030/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor-lisa-matthews/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="GrahamMatthews"/>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Lloyd Taylor
| Save Tuggerah Lakes 
| Elected 2012–2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Councillor Lloyd Taylor |url=https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor--lloyd-taylor/ |publisher=Wyong Shire Council |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217112039/https://www.wyong.nsw.gov.au/about-council/your-councillors/councillor--lloyd-taylor/ |archive-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;
| Doug Eaton
| Independent
| Elected 1991–2016. Mayor 1995–1996, 2010–2011, 2012–2016.<ref name=mayor>{{cite news |url=http://express-advocate-wyong.whereilive.com.au/news/story/doug-eaton-elected-wyong-shire-council-mayor/ |title=Doug Eaton elected Wyong Shire Council mayor |author=Smith, Errol |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=4 October 2012 |work=Central Coast Express Advocate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118073715/http://express-advocate-wyong.whereilive.com.au/news/story/doug-eaton-elected-wyong-shire-council-mayor/ |archive-date=18 November 2012 }}</ref>
|}

A [[referendum]] was held on 8 September 2012, and an [[absolute majority]] of voters resolved in favour of the election of the mayor by electors for a four-year term, which necessarily increases the number of councillors by one. The change was to take effect at the next elections in September 2016, but Wyong Shire ceased to exist on 12 May 2016.<ref name=Mayor>{{cite web |url=http://www.vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/wyong-shire-council/referendum |title=Wyong Shire Council - Referendum |work=Local Government Elections 2012 |publisher=Electoral Commission of New South Wales |date=13 September 2012 |access-date=24 September 2012}}</ref> With the first elections of Central Coast Council on 9 September 2017, former A Ward Councillors Doug Vincent and Greg Best were elected to Central Coast Council for Budgewoi Ward and former B Ward Councillor Lisa Matthews was elected to The Entrance Ward.<ref>{{cite web|title=Central Coast - Budgewoi Ward|url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/central-coast/budgewoi-ward|website=NSW Local Council Elections 2017|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=29 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Central Coast - The Entrance Ward|url=http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/central-coast/the-entrance-ward|website=NSW Local Council Elections 2017|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission|access-date=29 September 2017}}</ref>