Mayor & councillors
Merri-bek has 11 councillors, one for each ward: Bababi Djinanang, Box Forest, Brunswick West, Bulleke-bek, Djirri-Djirri, Harmony Park, Pascoe Vale South, Pentridge, Randazzo, Warrk-Warrk and Westbreen. 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 council's 2026 meeting dates list the next mayoral election for Thursday 10 December 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.
Who represents you
- Mayor
- Cr Nat Abboud (Pentridge Ward)Elected Mayor by the councillors at the council meeting of 19 November 2025, for a one-year term (council page and news item, 20 November 2025).
- Deputy Mayor
- Cr Helen Davidson (Djirri-Djirri Ward)Elected Deputy Mayor for the rest of the 2025–26 term at a special council meeting on 27 March 2026. Cr Jay Iwasaki had been elected Deputy Mayor in November 2025. Cr Davidson was Mayor in 2024–25.
- Councillors
- 11 — one per wardMatches the Victorian Electoral Commission's list of current councillors (checked Sep 2026).
- Next mayoral election
- Thursday 10 December 2026Listed as the 'Mayoral Election' meeting in the 2026 council meeting dates the council adopted on 10 December 2025. This page will be updated after it.
- Changes since the 2024 election
- NoneThe VEC lists no Merri-bek by-election or countback since October 2024. Its most recent entries are countbacks under the council's former name, Moreland.
Your representatives
Nat Abboud
Mayor / Councillor · Pentridge Ward
Helen Davidson
Deputy Mayor / Councillor · Djirri-Djirri Ward
Sue Bolton
Councillor · Bababi Djinanang Ward
Chris Miles
Councillor · Box Forest Ward
Ella Svensson
Councillor · Brunswick West Ward
Jay Iwasaki
Councillor · Bulleke-bek Ward
Helen Politis
Councillor · Harmony Park Ward
Oscar Yildiz
Councillor · Pascoe Vale South Ward
Liz Irvin
Councillor · Randazzo Ward
Adam Pulford
Councillor · Warrk-Warrk Ward
Katerine Theodosis
Councillor · Westbreen 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 holds office, with their council email addresses, and link to the council's councillor page and the election results. If a seat falls vacant, Merri-bek'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
- Merri-bek City Council — Mayor and Councillors · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Merri-bek City Council (current councillors) · Sep 2026
- Merri-bek City Council — Council elects Mayor and Deputy Mayor for 2025–26 (20 Nov 2025) · Nov 2025
- Merri-bek City Council — Council elects new Deputy Mayor (30 Mar 2026) · Mar 2026
- Merri-bek City Council — Council meeting dates (2026, incl. Mayoral Election 10 Dec) · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — By-elections and countbacks timeline · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — 2024 Merri-bek City Council election results · Nov 2024
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.