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The Victorian Electoral Commission has officially declared the results of the Bayside City Council election.
The Councillors for the 2020–24 Council term are:
The Council was officially sworn in at the Annual Meeting of Council on Thursday 19 November 2020.
Cr Laurence Evans OAM was elected as Mayor for the 2020–21 Council year.
Cr Sonia Castelli was elected as Deputy Mayor and Chair of the Bayside Arts and Gallery Advisory Committee for the 2020–21 Council year.
Cr Alex del Porto was elected as Chair of the Planning and Amenity Delegated Committee for the 2020–21 Council year.
Councillor contact details can be found here.
For a detailed summary of the election results, visit the VEC website.
The Victorian Government has introduced new single-member wards for the 2020 Bayside City Council election, replacing the three wards (North, Central and South).
The City of Bayside now consists of seven wards, with one councillor elected to represent each ward. The seven wards are:
The new wards are named after well-known places and notable individuals that have contributed to the City of Bayside.
Find out more about the names of Bayside City Council wards
2016 Census data presented by the new Wards, compares each Ward characteristics to City of Bayside overall, all the Census data on the people and households in your Ward.
You can find more about statistics for the overall Bayside community and projections for future growth via our Bayside statistics page.