2024 Melbourne City Council election

The 2024 Melbourne City Council election will be held in October 2024 to elect nine councillors and a leadership team (consisting of a lord mayor and deputy lord mayor) to the City of Melbourne. The election will be held as part of the statewide local government elections in Victoria, Australia.[1]

2024 Melbourne City Council election
October 2024
Leadership team
 
IND
Candidate Gary Morgan
Party Independent
Lord Mayor before election

Sally Capp
Team Sally Capp

 Elected Lord Mayor

TBD

Incumbent lord mayor Sally Capp announced on 28 March 2024 that she would not seek re-election.[2]

Candidates

In February 2024, former senator Derryn Hinch announced he would run for lord mayor. However, one month later he withdrew due to the cost of running a campaign.[3]

Perennial candidate Gary Morgan will contest the lord mayoral election.[4]

Councillors

Incumbent councillors are highlighted in bold text.

Greens
  1. Olivia Ball[5]

References
  1. "Local council elections". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  2. "Statement from Lord Mayor Sally Capp". City of Melbourne. 28 March 2024.
  3. "Derryn Hinch pulls pin on mayoral bid due to the excessive cost of running a campaign". Herald Sun.
  4. "Derryn Hinch will contest election for Melbourne's Lord Mayor". Herald Sun.
  5. "OLIVIA BALL". Victorian Greens. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
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