Mayor & councillors
Mitchell has 9 councillors: 3 for each of its 3 wards, North, Central and South. They were elected in October 2024 for the 2024–2028 term. Voters don't elect the Mayor directly: the councillors choose one of themselves each year.
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 John Dougall (North Ward)Re-elected by the councillors for a second consecutive term as Mayor in November 2025 (council message published 18 November 2025). The state's September 2026 council contacts list also records his second term.
- Deputy Mayor
- Cr Timothy Hanson (Central Ward)Took over as Deputy Mayor in November 2025 from Cr Bob Cornish.
- Councillors
- 9 — three per wardMatches the Victorian Electoral Commission's list of current councillors (checked Sep 2026).
- Contact
- councillors@mitchellshire.vic.gov.au (all councillors)Or write to the Mayor at 113 High Street, Broadford VIC 3658. The council says councillors usually respond within 2 business days, aren't available on Mondays because of meetings, and aren't involved in operational matters — for a service problem, use a report form or call 03 5734 6200.Email all councillors →
- Next mayoral election
- Expected November 2026The councillors have chosen the Mayor in November each year of this term. We couldn't read the date of the 2026 vote on the council's pages; this page will be updated after it.
- Changes since the 2024 election
- NoneThe VEC's current councillors for Mitchell are the 9 candidates elected in 2024, and its Mitchell page lists no countback since then (the most recent is a 9 March 2022 countback in South Ward).
Your representatives
John Dougall
Mayor / Councillor · North Ward
Timothy Hanson
Deputy Mayor / Councillor · Central Ward
Ned Jeffery
Councillor · North Ward
Andrea Pace
Councillor · North Ward
Nathan Clark
Councillor · Central Ward
Bob Humm
Councillor · Central Ward
Riley Evans
Councillor · South Ward
Bob Cornish
Councillor · South Ward
Claudia James
Councillor · South 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 the council email addresses on the council's councillors page, and link to the election results. The council also publishes a mobile number for each councillor; we don't republish those. In Mitchell's three-councillor wards, a vacancy is filled by a countback of the 2024 votes, run by the VEC. For the latest list, see the council's page or the VEC.
Sources — check it yourself
- Mitchell Shire Council — Contact our Mayor and Councillors (roster, positions and emails) · Sep 2026
- Mitchell Shire Council — Message from re-elected Mayor John Dougall (18 Nov 2025) · Nov 2025
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Mitchell Shire Council (current councillors, past countbacks) · Sep 2026
- Local Government Victoria — Victorian local government contacts, September 2026 (mayor, term and deputy mayor) · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — By-elections and countbacks timeline · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — 2024 Mitchell Shire 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.