Mayor & councillors
Gunnedah Shire is a single-ward (undivided) council: its nine councillors are elected proportionally across the whole local government area rather than by ward. The councillors elect the Mayor and Deputy Mayor from among themselves (Gunnedah does not have a popularly elected mayor). Below is who currently holds office, with links to their official profiles and the September 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.
- Mayor
- Cr Colleen Fuller (Independent)Elected Mayor by the councillors after the September 2024 election — the first time the council elected a female Mayor and Deputy Mayor together.
- Deputy Mayor
- Cr Kate McGrath (Labor)Elected Deputy Mayor by the councillors after the September 2024 election.
- Councillors
- 9 total — single ward (undivided, proportional representation)
- How the Mayor is chosen
- Elected by the councillors (not by popular vote)
Your representatives
Colleen Fuller
Mayor · Independent
Kate McGrath
Deputy Mayor / Councillor · Labor
Robert Hoddle
Councillor · Independent
Robert (Rob) Hooke
Councillor · Unconfirmed / no group affiliation recorded
Ann Luke
Councillor · Independent
Juliana McArthur
Councillor · Independent
Tammey McAllan
Councillor · Independent
Cameron Moore
Councillor · Independent
Linda Newell
Councillor · Independent
Want to raise something? Contacting your ward councillor or the mayor is one of the most direct ways to be heard between elections.
Party labels are those each councillor was elected under at the September 2024 election (NSW Electoral Commission): eight of the nine were declared with an (IND) group code and Kate McGrath with (ALP); Robert (Rob) Hooke was declared elected with no group/party code shown on the NSWEC results page, so we record his affiliation as unconfirmed rather than guess. (Some secondary sources label a few Gunnedah councillors 'Independent National' or 'Independent Labor' — we use the NSWEC's own result codes rather than those compound labels.) We list who's in office and link to their official profiles and the election results; we don't characterise anyone's politics. A council's makeup can change between elections through casual vacancies, 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.