Municipal Association of Victoria - President and director elections 2025

There are 11 vacancies on the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) board:

  • President (1 vacancy)
  • Regional director (10 vacancies)

The MAV website has information about the regional groupings of councils. This includes maps of each area and the councils in each region.

How to vote

This is a postal election. We will mail ballot packs to all registered delegates by Friday 21 February.

Find candidates

Candidates are listed below in the order they will appear on the ballot paper.

We will publish candidate statements and photographs in the coming days.

President (1 vacancy)

HERSEY, Nathan

ANDERSON, Jennifer

SPONG, Aaron

Candidate statements - President (PDF, 179 kB)

Director - Gippsland (1 vacancy)

HALSTEAD, Rochelle

HERSEY, Nathan

GIBSON, Sharon

Candidate statements - Gippsland regional director (PDF, 182 kB)

Director - Goulburn Ovens Murray (1 vacancy)

WORTMANN, David

GOBEL, Michael

NICHOLAS, Sarah

Candidate statements - Goulburn Ovens Murray regional director (PDF, 195 kB)

Director - Great South Coast Barwon (1 vacancy)

STAPLETON, Libby

GSTREIN, Ruth

Candidate statements - Great South Coast Barwon regional director (PDF, 214 kB)

Director - Inner Metropolitan South East (1 vacancy)

HOLLINGSWORTH, Lisa

EL MOUALLEM, Hanna

ZHANG, Li

Candidate statements - Inner Metropolitan South East regional director (PDF, 258 kB)

Director - Loddon Campaspe Mallee (1 vacancy)

MARWOOD, Anthony

SPONG, Aaron

MCPHEE, Les

ANDERSON, Jennifer

Candidate statements - Loddon Campaspe Mallee regional director (PDF, 237 kB)

Director - Metropolitan East (1 vacancy)

SIMPSON, Kieran

SPEARS, Kylie

JAMES, Stuart

Candidate statements - Metropolitan East regional director (PDF, 245 kB)

Director - Metropolitan North (1 vacancy)

COX, Lawrie

SHERRY, Karen

Candidate statements - Metropolitan North regional director (PDF, 194 kB)

Director - Metropolitan South (1 vacancy)

O'REILLY, Sean

BOLAM, Kris

KOWARZIK, Jack

Candidate statements - Metropolitan South regional director (PDF, 226 kB)

Director - Metropolitan West (1 vacancy)

PEREYRA, Elena

MAJDILK, Kathy

MCGUIRE, Shannon

Candidate statements - Metropolitan West regional director (PDF, 246 kB)

Director - Wimmera Southern Mallee Central Highlands (1 vacancy)

ARMSTRONG, Jo

DRYLIE, Tim

EMERSON, Murray

Candidate statements - Wimmera Southern Mallee Central Highlands regional director (PDF, 260 kB)

Appoint a scrutineer

Candidates can appoint a scrutineer to observe the vote counting on their behalf.

We will be counting the votes from 9:30 am on Tuesday 11 March at the Victorian Electoral Commission (Level 11, 530 Collins Street Melbourne).

All candidates have a copy of the scrutineer appointment form. Please email your completed form to the election manager, Sally Leung. at sally.leung@vec.vic.gov.au by 5 pm on Friday 7 March. Please contact Sally if you need another copy of the scrutineer appointment form.