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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Mid-Western Regional Council has nine councillors, all elected across the whole local government area — the council is undivided (no wards). The councillors then elect one of their own as 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.
See the full explainer, with formulas →
Mayor
Cr Des KennedyRe-elected Mayor (his fourth term) unopposed by the councillors at the 9 October 2024 Ordinary Council Meeting — the Mayor is chosen by the councillors, not directly by voters.
Deputy Mayor
Cr Alex KaravasElected Deputy Mayor by the councillors on 9 October 2024.
Councillors
9 total, elected across the whole LGA
Wards
None — Mid-Western Regional is undividedAll nine councillors are elected proportionally across a single, undivided area.
A seat changed hands since the election
Rod Pryor replaced Sharelle FellowsCr Sharelle Fellows (elected on the Labor ticket) resigned on health grounds in October 2024; a by-election was held on 7 December 2024 and Rod Pryor was declared elected on 23 December 2024.

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.

We list who's in office and link to their official profiles and the election results; we don't characterise anyone's politics. Party labels are those each councillor was elected under (NSW Electoral Commission): at the September 2024 election eight of the nine councillors were elected as independents, and the ninth seat went to the Labor ticket. Cr Rod Pryor was not part of the original election result — he stood as a Labor candidate and was declared elected at the 7 December 2024 by-election held after Cr Sharelle Fellows (Labor) resigned. The Mayor of Mid-Western Regional is chosen by the councillors (not directly by voters). 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.