Mayor & councillors
Boroondara has 11 councillors, one for each ward: Bellevue, Cotham, Gardiner, Glenferrie, Junction, Lynden, Maling, Maranoa, Riversdale, Solway and Studley. They were elected in October 2024 for the 2024–2028 term. Voters don't elect the Mayor directly: each year the councillors choose one of themselves.
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.
Who represents you
- Mayor
- Cr Wes Gault (Glenferrie Ward)Elected Mayor for the 2025–26 council year by the councillors at the council meeting on 17 November 2025. The council says it is his first term as Mayor; he was Deputy Mayor in 2021–22. He followed Cr Sophie Torney.
- Deputy Mayor
- Cr Shima Ibuki (Maling Ward)Elected Deputy Mayor for 2025–26 at the same meeting.
- Councillors
- 11 — one per wardMatches the Victorian Electoral Commission's list of current councillors (checked Sep 2026).
- Next mayoral election
- November 2026 (date not yet published)The councillors elect the Mayor each year; in 2025 the vote was at the council meeting of 17 November. The council's meeting list doesn't yet name the 2026 meeting. This page will be updated after it.Upcoming meetings →
- Changes since the 2024 election
- NoneThe VEC's by-elections and countbacks timeline lists no Boroondara entry since October 2024.
Your representatives
Wes Gault
Mayor / Councillor · Glenferrie Ward
Shima Ibuki
Deputy Mayor / Councillor · Maling Ward
Michael Nolan
Councillor · Bellevue Ward
Felicity Sinfield
Councillor · Cotham Ward
Victor Franco
Councillor · Gardiner Ward
Mal Osborne-Smith
Councillor · Junction Ward
Lisa Hollingsworth
Councillor · Lynden Ward
Chris Pattas
Councillor · Maranoa Ward
Rob Baillieu
Councillor · Riversdale Ward
John Friend-Pereira
Councillor · Solway Ward
Sophie Torney
Councillor · Studley Ward
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 seat falls vacant, Boroondara'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
- City of Boroondara — Mayor, councillors and wards (incl. ward councillor pages) · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Boroondara City Council (current councillors) · Sep 2026
- City of Boroondara — City of Boroondara welcomes Wes Gault as new mayor (17 Nov 2025) · Nov 2025
- City of Boroondara — Council and committee meetings · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — By-elections and countbacks timeline · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — 2024 Boroondara City Council election results · Nov 2024
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.