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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Bayside has 7 councillors. Each one represents a single ward: Beckett, Bleazby, Boyd, Castlefield, Dendy, Ebden or Ivison. They were elected in October 2024 for the 2024–2028 term. Voters don't elect the Mayor directly. The councillors choose one of themselves at the council's Annual Meeting each year. The next Annual Meeting is on Tuesday 10 November 2026.

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.
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Who represents you

Mayor
Cr Debbie Taylor-Haynes (Beckett Ward)Elected 2025–26 Mayor by the councillors at the Annual Meeting on 5 November 2025. It is her first term as Mayor; she was Deputy Mayor in 2024–25.
Deputy Mayor
Cr Andrew Hockley (Ivison Ward)Elected Deputy Mayor at the same meeting, 5 November 2025.
Councillors
7 — one per wardMatches the Victorian Electoral Commission's list of current councillors (checked Sep 2026).
Next mayoral election
Annual Meeting of Council, Tuesday 10 November 2026From the council's published meeting dates. This page will be updated after that meeting.
Changes since the 2024 election
NoneThe VEC lists no Bayside by-election or countback since October 2024 (its most recent Bayside entry is a 2014 countback).

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 official profiles, and link to the election results. If a councillor's seat falls vacant, Bayside's single-councillor wards fill it by a by-election, not a countback, as long as more than 6 months of the term remain. 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.