Mayor & councillors
Corangamite Shire has seven wards — Cooriemungle, Gnotuk, Lake Elingamite, Lake Keilambete, Leura, Mt Elephant and Tandarook — each electing one councillor at the four-yearly Victorian council elections (last held in October 2024, when this ward structure was first used). Each year the councillors elect the Mayor and Deputy Mayor from among 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 Kate Makin (Lake Elingamite Ward)Re-elected Mayor by the councillors at the November Council Meeting on 25 November 2025 — her third consecutive term — to serve until November 2026. First elected to the council in November 2020; Mayor in 2023–24 and again from November 2024.
- Deputy Mayor
- Cr Laurie Hickey (Leura Ward)Re-elected Deputy Mayor on 25 November 2025 for a third term, to serve until November 2026. First elected in November 2020.
- Councillors
- 7, one per wardCr Jo Beard (Tandarook), Cr Nick Cole (Mt Elephant), Cr Geraldine Conheady (Lake Keilambete), Cr Ruth Gstrein (Gnotuk) and Cr Jamie Vogels (Cooriemungle), plus the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.
- Find your ward
- Use the Victorian Electoral Commission's interactive mapFind my ward →
- Next mayoral election
- Expected at the November Council Meeting, Tuesday 24 November 2026The Mayor and Deputy Mayor were elected to serve until November 2026, and the 2025 vote was held at the November meeting. Victorian mayors are elected by the councillors, not by voters.
- Council meetings
- Fourth Tuesday of the month, 3pm, Killara Centre, 210–212 Manifold Street, Camperdown (behind the public library)Remaining 2026 dates: 27 October, 24 November and 15 December. Meetings are open to the public and livestreamed; assistive listening devices are available. You can ask a question through Open Forum or apply to address the council as a deputation.
- Contact a councillor
- Each councillor has a council email address (listed below)The council's office number, 03 5593 7100, is also listed for each councillor.
Your representatives
Kate Makin
Mayor / Councillor, Lake Elingamite Ward
Laurie Hickey
Deputy Mayor / Councillor, Leura Ward
Jo Beard
Councillor, Tandarook Ward
Nick Cole
Councillor, Mt Elephant Ward
Geraldine Conheady
Councillor, Lake Keilambete Ward
Ruth Gstrein
Councillor, Gnotuk Ward
Jamie Vogels
Councillor, Cooriemungle 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 is in office and link to their official profiles and the election results. The council's Meet the Councillors page also lists a mobile number for each councillor. The Victorian Electoral Commission's council page lists the same seven councillors (checked September 2026; it gives Cr Cole's and Cr Vogels's full names as Nicholas Cole and Jamie John Vogels). A council's makeup can change between elections, so the official pages have the most current list.
Sources — check it yourself
- Corangamite Shire Council — Meet the Councillors · Sep 2026
- Corangamite Shire Council — Corangamite Shire confirms leadership team (news, 25 Nov 2025) · 25 Nov 2025
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Corangamite Shire Council (current councillors, past results) · Sep 2026
- Corangamite Shire Council — Council Meetings · Sep 2026
- Corangamite Shire Council — Council Meeting Dates (2026) · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Local council elections (how the mayor is chosen) · Sep 2026
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.