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State Council & representatives

State Council is our governing body. It is made up of representatives from each member council.

The State Council’s powers include:

State Council meets twice a year, or more if needed. Members can submit business to be considered by the State Council in accordance with the MAV Rules

Resolutions are assessed by the Board to determine how they will be progressed. Updates on the progress made against each resolution are sent to members before the next meeting.

Members must appoint a representative to attend State Council meetings, exercise their council’s vote and provide regular reports to their council on our activities. The MAV representatives protocol explains this role in more detail.

Representatives & council elections

As a result of the council elections held at the end of October, some MAV representatives will be changing. We will update the list below once new representatives have been finalised.

​MAV representatives
Alpine Shire Council Cr Peter Roper
Ararat Rural City Council Cr Ian Wilson
Ballarat City Council Cr Vicki Coltman
​Banyule City Council Cr Jenny Mulholland
Bass Coast Shire Council ​​Cr Kimberly Brown
Baw Baw Shire Council Cr Murray Cook
Bayside City Council Cr Felicity Frederico
Benalla Rural City Council Cr Barbara Alexander
Boroondara City Council Cr Coral Ross
Brimbank City Council Mr John Watson
Buloke Shire Council Cr Reid Mather
Campaspe Shire Council Cr Ian Maddison
Cardinia Shire Council Cr Brett Owen
Casey City Council Cr Mick Morlan
Central Goldfields Shire Council Cr John Smith
Colac Otway Shire Council Cr Stephen Hart
Corangamite Shire Council Cr Ruth Gstrein
​Darebin City Council Cr Gaetano Greco
East Gippsland Shire Council Cr Jane Rowe
Frankston City Council Cr Sandra Mayer
Gannawarra Shire Council Cr Neville Goulding
Glen Eira City Council ​Cr Margaret Esakoff
​​Glenelg Shire Council ​Cr Karen Stephens
Golden Plains Shire Council ​Cr Bill McArthur
Greater Bendigo City Council ​Cr Rod Fyffe
​Greater Dandenong City Council ​Cr Peter Brown
​​Greater Geelong City Council ​Cr Andy Richards
Greater Shepparton City Council ​Cr Michael Polan
Hepburn Shire Council Cr Bill McClenaghan
​​Hindmarsh Shire Council ​Cr Rob Gersch
Hobsons Bay City Council ​Cr Angela Altair
​​Horsham Rural City Council ​Cr David Grimble
​​Hume City Council ​Cr Casey Nunn
​​Indigo Shire Council ​Cr Barb Murdoch
Kingston City Council ​Cr Ron Brownless
​​​Knox City Council Cr Peter Lockwood
​Latrobe City Council ​Cr Dale Hariman
Loddon Shire Council Cr Gavan Holt
Macedon Ranges Shire Council ​Cr John Letchford
Manningham City Council Cr Geoff Gough
Mansfield Shire Council Cr Russell Bate
​​​Maribyrnong City Council Cr Michael Clarke
​Maroondah City Council Cr Tony Dib
Melton City Council Cr Kathy Majdlik
Melbourne City Council ​Cr Stephen Mayne
​​​Mildura Rural City Council Cr Glenn Milne
​​​Mitchell Shire Council Cr Kelley Stewart
​Moira Shire Council Cr Brian Keenan
Monash City Council Cr Geoff Lake
Moonee Valley City Council Cr John Sipek
​​Moorabool Shire Council Cr Tom Sullivan
Moreland City Council Cr Lita Gillies
​Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Cr Hugh Fraser
Mount Alexander Shire Council ​​Cr Tim Barber
Moyne Shire Council Cr James Purcell
Murrindindi Shire Council Cr John Walsh
Nillumbik Shire Council Cr Helen Coleman
​​Northern Grampians Shire Council Cr Wayne Rice
Port Philip City Council Cr Bernadene Voss
Pyrenees Shire Council Cr David Clark
​​​​Queenscliffe Borough Council Cr Bob Merriman
​​​South Gippsland Shire Council ​Cr Kieran Kennedy
​Southern Grampians Shire Council ​Cr Albert Calvano
​Stonnington City Council ​Cr Claude Ullin
​Strathbogie Shire Council ​Cr Debra Swan
​​​Surf Coast Shire Council Cr Brian McKiterick
​​​Swan Hill Rural City Council ​Cr Gary Norton
Towong Shire Council Cr Peter Joyce
​Wangaratta Rural City Council Cr Rozi Parisotto
​​Warrnambool City Council Cr Michael Neoh
Wellington Shire Council ​Cr Malcolm Hole
​West Wimmera Shire Council Cr Bruce Meyer
Whitehorse City Council Cr Andrew Munroe
​​Whittlesea City Council ​Cr Mary Lalios
​Wodonga City Council ​Cr Lisa Mahood
​​Wyndham City Council ​Cr John Gibbons
​Yarra City Council Cr Jackie Fristacky
​​Yarra Ranges Shire Council ​Cr Jim Child
​​Yarriambiack Shire Council ​Cr Ray Kingston