Mayor & councillors
Snowy Valleys Council has nine councillors, elected across the whole council area (it is undivided — there are no wards). The councillors elect the Mayor and Deputy Mayor from among themselves, rather than the Mayor being elected 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
- Julia Ham (Independent)Elected Mayor by the councillors at an extraordinary meeting on 10 October 2024.
- Deputy Mayor
- Cr Hugh Packard (Independent)Elected Deputy Mayor by the councillors on 10 October 2024.
- Councillors
- 9 total — elected across the whole area (no wards)
- Wards
- Undivided — a single, at-large areaAll nine councillors are elected proportionally across the whole LGA.
Your representatives
Julia Ham
Mayor · Independent
Hugh Packard
Deputy Mayor / Councillor · Independent
Grant Hardwick
Councillor · Independent
James Hayes
Councillor · Independent
Michael Inglis
Councillor · Independent
John Larter
Councillor · Libertarian Party
David Sheldon
Councillor · Independent
Trina Thomson
Councillor · Independent
Andrew Wortes
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); eight were elected as Independents and one (John Larter) under the Libertarian Party. 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.