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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Edward River is an undivided (at-large) council: its nine councillors are elected across the whole local government area — Deniliquin and the surrounding villages — by proportional representation, rather than by ward. The councillors elect the Mayor and Deputy Mayor from among themselves (Edward River does not have a popularly elected mayor); under the Local Government Act 1993 a councillor-elected mayoral term runs two years. Cr Ashley Hall was elected Mayor and Cr Kellie Crossley Deputy Mayor after the September 2024 election. Below is who currently holds office, with links to their official profiles and the 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 →

Who represents you

Mayor
Cr Ashley Hall (Independent)Elected Mayor by the councillors following the September 2024 election. Council publishes a direct phone number and email for each councillor.
Deputy Mayor
Cr Kellie CrossleyElected Deputy Mayor by the councillors. Cr Crossley received the highest first-preference vote at the 2024 election (1,002 votes); the NSWEC declaration shows no party group code against her name, so no affiliation is listed here.
Councillors
9 total — undivided (single ward, elected by proportional representation)
How the Mayor is chosen
Elected by the councillors (not by popular vote); 2-year term under the Local Government Act 1993
Meetings
Council meetings are livestreamed and agendas and minutes published onlineSee the Council Meetings section of the council website for dates, agendas, minutes and the livestream.

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) — 7 of the 9 elected councillors were declared with an Independent (IND) group code; the NSWEC results for Kellie Crossley and Craig Druitt show no group code, so their affiliation is left blank here rather than guessed. Casual vacancies can change the makeup, 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.