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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Broken Hill City Council is an undivided council (no wards): councillors are elected across the whole city as a single area. The governing body has 10 members — a Mayor elected directly by voters, plus nine councillors. Below is who currently holds office, with links to their official profiles and the September 2024 election results.

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.
NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC)
Runs council elections and publishes the official results.
See the full explainer, with formulas →
Mayor
Tom Kennedy (Independent)Popularly elected Mayor (directly by voters); declared elected 1 October 2024 with about 70% of the mayoral vote.
Deputy Mayor
Cr Jim Hickey (Independent)Chosen by the councillors (not directly by voters).
Councillors
10 total — directly-elected Mayor + 9 councillors
Wards
None — undivided (single area, at-large)

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.

We list who's in office and link to their official profiles and the election results; we don't characterise anyone's politics. Party labels are those each councillor was elected under at the September 2024 election (NSW Electoral Commission): two councillors were elected under the Labor label and the rest, including the Mayor, as Independents. A council's makeup can change between elections through casual vacancies, so the council's official page has the most current list.

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.