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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Glen Eira has 9 councillors, one for each ward: Bambra, Booran, Caulfield Park, Jasper, Mallanbool, Moorleigh, Murrumbeena, Orrong and Wattle Grove. All nine were elected in October 2024 for the 2024–2028 term. Voters don't elect the Mayor directly. The councillors choose one of themselves each year.

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 Dr Simone Zmood (Orrong Ward)Re-elected Mayor for 2025–26 by the councillors, after serving as Mayor for 2024–25 (council announcement, 19 November 2025).
Deputy Mayor
Cr Li Zhang (Wattle Grove Ward)Elected Deputy Mayor for 2025–26 at the same time (council announcement, 19 November 2025).
Councillors
9 — one per ward
Next mayoral election
Date not yet publishedIn 2025 the councillors elected the Mayor and Deputy Mayor at a Special Council Meeting on Tuesday 18 November. When we checked (Sep 2026), the council's list of 2026 meeting dates didn't yet show the 2026 vote. This page will be updated after it.Council meeting dates →
Which ward am I in?
See the council's ward mapWard map →

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 the council email addresses published on their official profiles, and link to the election results. The council says emails to councillors are official records and may be answered by the councillor, the Chief Executive or another council officer. If a seat falls vacant, Glen Eira's single-councillor wards fill it by a by-election, not a countback, as long as more than 6 months of the term remain. For the latest list, see the council's page or the VEC.

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.