A sports enthusiast, he quit as leader in 1983 – but not as a councillor – to become vice-chairman of the 1986 Commonwealth Games organising committee.
The political context made this role controversial, as, indeed, were the Games themselves.
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Cornelius Waugh, Edinburgh councillor and community activist
Cornelius Waugh, who has died aged 71 from cancer, was for seven years leader of the Conservative group on Edinburgh District Council.
