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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Baw Baw has three wards — West, Central and East — and each elects three councillors, nine in all, for the 2024–2028 term. Voters don't elect the Mayor directly: the councillors choose one of themselves each year. Because each ward's three councillors are elected by proportional representation, a seat that falls vacant is filled by a countback of the 2024 votes, not a by-election.

New to these terms? Read them in plain English
How the mayor is chosen
Either elected directly by voters, or chosen by the councillors.
Ward
A subdivision of a council area that elects its own councillors.
Local Government Area (LGA)
The official area a council governs.
See the full explainer, with formulas →

Who represents you

Mayor
Cr Kate Wilson (East Ward)Elected Mayor by the councillors, unanimously, at the statutory meeting of 12 November 2025, for a one-year term. Cr Danny Goss was Mayor for the year before.
Deputy Mayor
Cr Suzanne Allen (Central Ward)Elected at the same meeting, for a one-year term.
Councillors
9 in office — 3 per wardAs listed by the council and by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC), checked September 2026. No countback has been held since the October 2024 election.
Next mayoral election
Wednesday 11 November 2026, 5.30pmListed as 'Mayoral Election' in the council's 2026 meeting dates, at the Fountain Room of the West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul.2026 meeting dates (PDF) →
Allowances
Mayor $115,347 · Deputy Mayor $57,673 · Councillor $35,049 a yearAs listed on the council's allowances page, set from 1 July 2025 within the range set by the Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal for a Category 2 council.Allowances and expenses →

Your representatives

Want to raise something? Contacting your ward councillor or the mayor is one of the most direct ways to be heard between elections.

Victorian council ballot papers and results don't show party affiliation, so we don't label councillors. We list who holds office, with their council email addresses and the council's ward pages, and link to the election results. In a multi-councillor ward like Baw Baw's, a vacancy is filled by a VEC countback: the votes from the 2024 election are recounted among the candidates who weren't elected and are still eligible. A by-election is held only if no eligible candidate remains. For general questions, contact the council on 5624 2411 or bawbaw@bawbawshire.vic.gov.au. For the latest list, see the council's page or the VEC.

Sources — check it yourself

Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.