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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Cardinia has 9 councillors, one for each ward, elected in October 2024 for the 2024–2028 term. Voters don't elect the Mayor directly: the councillors choose one of themselves each year at the council's Annual Statutory Meeting, which its Governance Rules say is held after the fourth Saturday in October and no later than 30 November.

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 Brett Owen (Beacon Hills Ward)Elected by the councillors at the Statutory Council Meeting on Monday 24 November 2025. Local Government Victoria's contacts list records this as his fourth term as Mayor.
Deputy Mayor
Cr Liz Roberts (Henty Ward)Elected at the same meeting, 24 November 2025.
Councillors
9 — one per wardMatches the Victorian Electoral Commission's list of current councillors (checked Sep 2026).
Next mayoral election
Annual Statutory Meeting, by 30 November 2026We haven't been able to confirm the date: the council's meeting schedule page refused our requests. This page will be updated after that meeting.
Changes since the 2024 election
No by-elections or countbacksThe VEC lists no Cardinia by-election or countback since October 2024. Its most recent Cardinia entry is the Westernport Ward by-election of 24 July 2021.

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 link to the council's councillor page and the election results. The council's website refused our requests, so the email addresses come from a Wayback Machine copy of its 'Meet your Councillors' page (31 July 2026). If a councillor's seat falls vacant, Cardinia's single-councillor wards fill it by a by-election, not a countback, as long as more than 6 months of the term remain.

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.