Mayor and Councillors

Hepburn Shire Council has seven Councillors elected every four years by the community to represent them on local public issues.

Every year Councillors elect a Mayor and Deputy Mayor to serve for 12 months.

Inviting the Mayor and Councillors to events

Councillor Lesley Hewitt

Cr Lesley Hewitt standing in the Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens

Cr Lesley Hewitt was elected to represent the Shire in the 2024 Local Government Elections. 

Email: lhewitt@hepburn.vic.gov.au
Phone: 0408 793 941

Cr Hewitt represents Council on the following committees and external bodies:

  • Daylesford Community Facilities Project Advisory Group
  • Gender Equity Advisory Committee
  • Drummond Hall Community Asset Committee
  • Glenlyon Recreation Reserve Community Asset Committee
  • Clydesdale Public Hall Reserve Committee Incorporated
  • Cornish Hill Committee of Management Incorporated
  • Daylesford Museum Reserve Committee of Management Incorporated
  • Daylesford Trotting Track Reserve Committee Incorporated
  • Franklinford Community Purposes Reserve
  • Hepburn Recreation Reserve Committee of Management Incorporated
  • Leonards Hill Mechanics Institute and Free Library Committee of Management Incorporated
  • Municipal Association of Victoria (alternative representative).

Councillor Brian Hood

Cr Brian Hood standing in the wombat Hill Botanic Gardens

Cr Brian Hood was elected to represent the Shire in the 2024 Local Government Elections.

Email: bhood@hepburn.vic.gov.au
Phone: 0427 797 151

Cr Hood represents Council on the following committees and external bodies:

  • Audit and Risk Committee
  • Lyonville Hall Community Asset Committee
  • Bullarto Public Hall Committee Incorporated
  • Newbury Public Hall and Recreation Reserve Committee Incorporated
  • Trentham and District Historical Society Incorporated
  • Trentham Public Purpose Reserves Committee of Management Incorporated
  • Trentham Quarry Street Reserve Committee Incorporated
  • Trentham Sports Ground Reserve Committee of Management Incorporated

Councillor Tony Clark (Mayor)

Cr Tony Clark standing in the Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens

Cr Tony Clark was elected to represent the Shire in the 2024 Local Government Elections. Councillors voted to elect Cr Clark as Mayor on 18 November 2025.

Email: tclark@hepburn.vic.gov.au
Phone: 0484 906 747

Cr Clark represents Council on the following committees and external bodies:

  • Audit and Risk Committee 
  • Disability Advisory Committee
  • Greater Ballarat Alliance of Councils
  • Creswick Theatre Company Incorporated
  • Lingbogol Camp Area – Creswick

Councillor Tim Drylie

Cr Tim Drylie standing in the Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens

Cr Tim Drylie was elected to represent the Shire in the 2024 Local Government Elections.

Email: tdrylie@hepburn.vic.gov.au
Phone: 0427 503 258

Cr Drylie represents Council on the following committees and external bodies:

  • Municipal Association of Victoria
  • Z-NET Community Roundtable
  • Sustainable Hepburn Community Advisory Committee

Councillor Pat Hockey

Cr Pat Hockey standing in the Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens

Cr Pat Hockey was elected to represent the Shire in the 2024 Local Government Elections.

Email: phockey@hepburn.vic.gov.au
Phone: 0484 637 016

Cr Hockey represents Council on the following committees and external bodies:

  • World Heritage Listing of the Victorian Goldfields Region
  • Mineral Springs Reserves Advisory Committee
  • Creswick Museum Community Asset Committee
  • Drummond Hall Community Asset Committee
  • Lee Medlyn Home of Bottles Community Asset Committee
  • Campbelltown Recreation and Public Hall Reserve Committee of Management Incorporated
  • Clunes Former Free Lending Library Committee Incorporated
  • Clunes Neighbourhood House Incorporated
  • Ullina Reserve and Recreation Park Management Committee Incorporated
  • Upper Loddon and Avoca Landcare Network Incorporated
  • Yandoit Mechanics Institute and Free Library Committee Incorporated
  • Yandoit Public Park and Recreation Reserve Committee Incorporated

Councillor Shirley Cornish (Deputy Mayor)

Cr Shirley Cornish standing in the Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens

Cr Shirley Cornish was elected to represent the Shire in the 2024 Local Government Elections. Councillors voted to elect Cr Cornish as Deputy Mayor on 18 November 2025.

Email: scornish@hepburn.vic.gov.au
Phone: 0458 961 949

Cr Cornish represents Council on the following committees and external bodies:

  • Glenlyon Recreation Reserve Community Pavilion Project Advisory Group
  • Heather Mutimer International Women’s Day Honour Roll Advisory Committee
  • LGBTIQA+ Advisory Committee
  • Glenlyon Progress Association and Shire Hall
  • Municipal Association of Victoria (substitute)
       

Councillor Column

 Previous Councillors and Mayors of the Shire

Council was established by Order of the Governor in Council on 19 January 1995, which mandated the amalgamation of several smaller shires into one large municipality.

The following document contains a list of the various local government areas amalgamated into Hepburn Shire Council, as well as the Councillors, Mayors and Chairpersons of each historical area.

This document was a collaboration between Council and the following local organisations: Daylesford and District Historical Society, Glenlyon Progress Association, and the Creswick Museum Committee. Please note that this is a working document and will be updated as new information is received. To add or amend information in this document, please email Council at shire@hepburn.vic.gov.au

Councillor and Mayoral Archives 1858 to 2025 - Hepburn Shire Council and Previous Municipalities(PDF, 512KB)

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