Mayor & councillors
Queanbeyan-Palerang has 11 councillors, all elected across a single undivided area (there are no wards). The Mayor is chosen by the councillors — not directly by voters — for a two-year term. 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.
- Mayor
- Kenrick WinchesterElected Mayor by the councillors (not by popular vote), 7–4 over Cr Ross Macdonald, at the 9 October 2024 meeting; has held the mayoralty since 2022. The NSW Electoral Commission recorded no party designation for him on the 2024 ballot.
- Deputy Mayor
- Cr Esma Livermore (Labor)Elected Deputy Mayor by the councillors, 7–4, at the 9 October 2024 meeting; first Indigenous deputy mayor for the council (2022).
- Councillors
- 11 total, elected at-large (no wards)
- How the mayoralty works
- Chosen by councillors for a 2-year termUnlike some NSW councils where voters elect the Mayor directly.
Your representatives
Kenrick Winchester
Mayor
Esma Livermore
Deputy Mayor / Councillor · Labor
Ross Macdonald
Councillor · Liberal
Mark Schweikert
Councillor · Liberal
Morgan Broadbent
Councillor · Liberal
Bryce Wilson
Councillor · Labor
John Preston
Councillor · Labor
Katrina Willis
Councillor · Greens
Mareeta Grundy
Councillor · Independent
Bill Waterhouse
Councillor · Independent
Steve Taskovski
Councillor · Independent
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 at the September 2024 election (NSW Electoral Commission); Mayor Kenrick Winchester was elected without a party designation on the ballot. 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.