Council Election Results

Published on 08 November 2024

The Benalla Rural City Council election was declared by the Victorian Electoral Commission at 2pm on Friday 8 November 2024.

Chief Executive Officer, Mr Dominic Testoni congratulated all successful candidates on their election to Council and thanked the unsuccessful candidates for standing for the election.

“The new Council brings a mix of new and experienced councillors from across our municipality,” Mr Testoni said.

“We look forward to working with the new Council”

The new councillors for Benalla Rural City Council are (in elected order):

Peter Davis, Nathan Tolliday, Justin King, David Blore, Bernie Hearn, Jillian Merkel and Puna Gunaratne.  

The Council Meeting to swear in the new Council and elect the Mayor and Deputy Mayor will be held 6pm, Wednesday 20 November and will be live streamed on Council’s YouTube channel.

For more information contact Council’s Customer Service Centre on 03 5760 2600 or visit www.vec.vic.gov.au/results/council-election-results to view the election results.