Mayor & councillors
Nillumbik has 7 wards, each with one councillor, elected in October 2024 for the 2024–2028 term. Voters don't elect the Mayor directly: the councillors choose a Mayor and Deputy Mayor from among themselves each November.
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 Naomi Joiner (Bunjil Ward)Elected Mayor by the councillors at an Extraordinary Meeting of Council on 26 November 2025, for 12 months. She was Deputy Mayor in 2024–25.
- Deputy Mayor
- Cr Kate McKay (Swipers Gully Ward)Elected at the same meeting, also for 12 months.
- Councillors
- 7, one per wardMatches the VEC's list of current councillors and the council's councillors page (checked Sep 2026).
- Next mayoral election
- Expected November 2026The council says councillors elect a mayor each November. Its meeting schedule lists an Extraordinary Council Meeting on 25 November 2026 but doesn't say what it is for.Meeting schedule →
Your representatives
Naomi Joiner
Mayor / Councillor · Bunjil Ward
Kate McKay
Deputy Mayor / Councillor · Swipers Gully Ward
Grant Brooker
Councillor · Blue Lake Ward
Kelly Joy
Councillor · Edendale Ward
Peter Perkins
Councillor · Ellis Ward
Kim Cope
Councillor · Sugarloaf Ward
John Dumaresq
Councillor · Wingrove 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 official profiles, and link to the election results. The council's ward page has an address search to find your ward. In a single-councillor ward, a vacancy with more than 6 months of the term left is filled by a by-election, not a countback. For the latest list, see the council's page or the VEC.
Sources — check it yourself
- Nillumbik Shire Council — Councillors · Sep 2026
- Nillumbik Shire Council — Nillumbik wards (find your ward) · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Nillumbik Shire Council (current councillors) · Sep 2026
- Nillumbik Shire Council — Meet your new Mayor and Deputy Mayor (27 Nov 2025) · Nov 2025
- Nillumbik Shire Council — Meeting schedule 2025–26 · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — 2024 Nillumbik 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.