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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Knox has 9 councillors, one for each ward: Baird, Chandler, Collier, Dinsdale, Dobson, Friberg, Scott, Taylor and Tirhatuan. They were elected in October 2024 for the 2024–2028 term. Voters don't elect the Mayor directly: the councillors choose one of themselves for a one-year term. The next vote is at the council meeting on Thursday 19 November 2026.

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 Paige Kennett (Chandler Ward)Elected Mayor by the councillors for the next year (council news item, 21 November 2025). She succeeded Cr Lisa Cooper, Mayor for 2024–25.
Deputy Mayor
Cr Chris Duncan (Collier Ward)Elected Deputy Mayor at the same time.
Councillors
9 — one per wardMatches the Victorian Electoral Commission's list of current councillors (checked Sep 2026).
Next mayoral election
Council meeting, Thursday 19 November 2026, 7pmThe council's 2026 meeting dates list this meeting for the election of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor. This page will be updated after it.
Changes since the 2024 election
NoneThe VEC lists no Knox by-election or countback since October 2024 (its most recent Knox entries are by-elections in Collier Ward in 2019 and Scott Ward in 2015). The Dobson Ward result was recounted in December 2024 on the order of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT); see Elections & voting.

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 their council email addresses and official profiles, and link to the election results. If a seat falls vacant, Knox'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.