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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Upper Lachlan Shire is an undivided (at-large) council: its nine councillors are elected across the whole local government area by proportional representation, rather than by ward. The councillors elect the Mayor and Deputy Mayor from among themselves — Upper Lachlan does not have a popularly elected mayor. The current council took its oath of office at the Ordinary Meeting on 17 October 2024, where Cr Paul Culhane was elected Mayor and Cr Rob Cameron OAM Deputy Mayor. The council publishes each councillor's direct email and mobile number; those are on the councillors page linked below.

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.
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Who represents you

Mayor
Cr Paul Culhane (Independent)Elected Mayor by the councillors at the Ordinary Meeting of 17 October 2024. He has served as an Upper Lachlan Shire councillor for 16 years.
Deputy Mayor
Cr Rob Cameron OAMElected Deputy Mayor by the councillors, 17 October 2024. The NSWEC results page shows no group/party code beside his name, so no affiliation is recorded here.
Councillors
9 total — undivided (single ward, elected by proportional representation)
How the Mayor is chosen
Elected by the councillors (not by popular vote)
Contacting a councillor
Direct email and mobile numbers are publishedEach councillor's email address and mobile are listed on the council's Councillors page.

Your representatives

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) — six of the nine elected councillors were declared with an Independent (IND) group code and Gregory Harris with the (LP) code of the Libertarian Party (the NSWEC used LIB for Liberal candidates at the same election); the NSWEC results show no group code beside Rob Cameron or Vivienne Flanagan, so their affiliation is left blank here rather than guessed. Casual vacancies can change the makeup, 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.