Mayor & Councillors

MidCoast Council is one of the 92 councils across the State that elect their Mayor through the elected Council. Only 35 of the State’s 127 local government areas have a popularly elected Mayor.

Elections for mayor by councillors are conducted in accordance with the Local Government (General) Regulation 2021. For details on the process of electing the Mayor please see the Office of Local Government’s website page.

Mayor Claire Pontin

Deputy Mayor Jeremy Miller

Councillor Phillip Beazley

Councillor Mick Graham

Councillor Peter Howard

Councillor Mal McKenzie

Councillor Thomas O’Keefe

Councillor Dheera Smith

Councillor Alan Tickle

Councillor Nicole Turnbull

Councillor Digby Wilson

Councillor attendance

Council resolved at its Meeting of 11 May 2022 that a record of all Councillor attendance or absence from Council meetings, workshops, briefings and committee meetings where Councillors have nominated to be the Councillor representative, be recorded and published on the MCC website on a monthly basis. Attendance as 'in person' or 'via Zoom' should also be recorded. The monthly records are held under the relevant calendar year below.

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