Councillors

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L-R Cr Trevor Gready, Cr Murray Emerson, Cr Rob Haswell (Mayor), Cr Lauren Dempsey, Cr Karen Hyslop, Cr Eddy Ostarcevic PhD and Cr Kevin Erwin.

 

Stawell
Rob Haswell (Mayor 2023-24), Lauren Dempsey and Murray Emerson 

Central
Kevin Erwin

Kara Kara
Dr Eddy Ostarcevic PhD and Karen Hyslop

South West
Trevor Gready

In taking the Oath/Affirmation of Office Councillors are required to abide by the Councillor Code of Conduct(PDF, 427KB).

Contact Us

Phone: Councillors have provided their mobile telephone numbers on their individual pages and welcome your call.

Email: An email address councillor@ngshire.vic.gov.au has been set up that redirects your emails to council's Records Team for registration before distribution to the Executive Assistant to action. This includes directly informing councillors, registering operational matters and requests for service into our customer request system and providing individual responses from the Mayor or CEO. Councillors are notified of all emails received and responses provided via their weekly bulletin.

Mail: Any hard copy mail can be hand delivered to staff at the Town Hall or mailed to PO Box 580 Stawell 3380 for distribution to councillors.


Kevin Erwin

Councillor

  • Telephone03 5358 8739
  • Email councillor@ngshire.vic.gov.au
  • ProfileCr Kevin Erwin represents the Central Ward and is Northern Grampians Shire Council’s longest serving councillor, having been first elected to council on 14 March 2003.

Rob Haswell

Mayor

  • Telephone03 5358 8700
  • Alternate Phone0419 222 046
  • Email councillor@ngshire.vic.gov.au
  • ProfileCouncillor Rob Haswell is currently serving as Mayor, from November 2023 to 26 October 2024. Cr Haswell has served Northern Grampians Shire Council since October 2016 and represents the Stawell Ward of our shire. He is currently serving his second term as a councillor.

Murray Emerson

Councillor

  • Telephone03 5358 8700
  • Alternate Phone0459 027 575
  • Email councillor@ngshire.vic.gov.au
  • ProfileCouncillor Murray Emerson has served Northern Grampians Shire Council since October 2012, and represents the Stawell Ward of our shire.

Lauren Dempsey

Councillor

  • Telephone03 5358 8751
  • Email councillor@ngshire.vic.gov.au
  • ProfileCouncillor Lauren Dempsey has served Northern Grampians Shire Council since October 2020, and represents the Stawell Ward of our shire.

Trevor Gready

Councillor

  • Telephone03 5358 8738
  • Email councillor@ngshire.vic.gov.au
  • ProfileCouncillor Trevor Gready has served the Northern Grampians Shire Council since December 2020 and represents the South West Ward of our shire, covering Halls Gap, Great Western and parts of Stawell.

Dr Eddy Ostarcevic

Councillor

  • Telephone03 5358 8717
  • Email councillor@ngshire.vic.gov.au
  • ProfileCouncillor Eddy Ostarcevic PhD has served Northern Grampians Shire Council since March 2021, and represents the Kara Kara Ward of our shire.

Karen Hyslop

Councillor

  • Telephone03 5358 8700
  • Alternate Phone0484 269 942
  • Email councillor@ngshire.vic.gov.au
  • ProfileCouncillor Karen Hyslop was elected on 11 November 2022 and represents the Kara Kara Ward of our shire.