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Mayor & councillors

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.
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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

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

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.