Elections & voting
Victorian council elections are held every four years on the fourth Saturday of October and are conducted entirely by post by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC). Voting is compulsory for everyone on the roll. Corangamite has seven wards, each electing one councillor; you vote only in your own ward.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- Ward
- A subdivision of a council area that elects its own councillors.
- How the mayor is chosen
- Either elected directly by voters, or chosen by the councillors.
Election facts
- Next general election
- Saturday 28 October 2028All-postal: ballot packs are mailed to every enrolled voter.
- Last general election
- October 2024The council says results were declared on Thursday 7 November 2024; VEC's results page was last updated on 22 November 2024. The seven-ward structure was first used at this election, after a 2023–24 electoral structure review.
- 2024 result
- Six of the seven wards were uncontestedIn Cooriemungle, Gnotuk, Lake Elingamite, Lake Keilambete, Leura and Mt Elephant wards only one candidate nominated, so Jamie Vogels, Ruth Gstrein, Kate Makin, Geraldine Conheady, Laurie Hickey and Nicholas Cole were declared elected unopposed — no vote was held in those wards.
- Tandarook Ward (the only contested ward)
- Jo Beard elected with 68.71% of first-preference votes (2 candidates)Enrolment 1,805; formal votes 1,435; informal 46 (3.11%); turnout 1,481 (82.05% of enrolment).
- Changes since 2024
- None foundVEC's council page lists the same seven councillors elected in 2024 (checked September 2026). A vacancy in a single-councillor ward would be filled through the VEC.
- Who can vote
- Residents on the state roll, plus ratepayers who applyProperty owners, occupiers and corporation representatives who pay rates but aren't state-enrolled in the Shire can apply to the council to join the council roll — once on it, they must vote. Occupier and corporation enrolments expire before each general election, so they must re-apply before 2028.
- Voting
- Compulsory for everyone enrolledNot voting can result in a fine.
- Enrol / check enrolment
- Victorian Electoral CommissionCheck my enrolment →
Sources — check it yourself
- Victorian Electoral Commission — 2024 Corangamite Shire Council election results · 22 Nov 2024
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Corangamite Shire Council (structure, current councillors, past results) · Sep 2026
- Corangamite Shire Council — Council Elections (voters, ward structure, council-enrolled voters) · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Local council elections (postal voting, compulsory) · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Enrolling for local council elections (ratepayer enrolment) · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Report to Parliament on the 2024 local government elections (PDF; election timing p.20) · Oct 2025
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.