Mayor & councillors
Snowy Monaro Regional Council is an undivided council (no wards): all 11 councillors are elected at large across the whole LGA. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are chosen by the councillors, not directly by voters. 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
- Cr Chris HannaRe-elected Mayor by the councillors at the first meeting of the new term (October 2024). Elected to council in Group C (Cooma).
- Deputy Mayor
- Cr Tricia HopkinsElected Deputy Mayor by the councillors (October 2024). Elected to council in Group C (Binjura).
- Councillors
- 11 total — undivided (elected at large, no wards)
- Party affiliations
- 2 Labor; 9 elected ungrouped / independentOnly two councillors were elected under a registered party (Australian Labor Party); the others stood ungrouped or in candidate groups that are not political parties.
Your representatives
Chris Hanna
Mayor
Tricia Hopkins
Deputy Mayor / Councillor
Tanya Higgins
Councillor · Labor
Lynda Summers
Councillor · Labor
Narelle Davis
Councillor
Nick Elliott
Councillor
John Rooney
Councillor
Reuben Rose
Councillor
Bob Stewart
Councillor
Andrew Thaler
Councillor
Luke Williamson
Councillor
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): only Cr Higgins and Cr Summers were elected under a registered party (Labor); the other nine stood ungrouped or in candidate groups that are not registered political parties, so no party label is shown. 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.