The City of Melville’s Council has two new faces and four re-elected Councillors after the Melville community had their say in the Local Government Elections held on Saturday, 18 October 2025.
The successful candidates were:
- Clive Ross was re-elected for the Applecross – Mount Pleasant Ward
- Nicole Robins was re-elected for the Bateman – Kardinya – Murdoch Ward
- George Panayotou was elected for the Bicton – Attadale – Alfred Cove Ward
- Jennifer Spanbroek was re-elected for the Bull Creek – Leeming Ward
- Crawford Yorke was elected for the Central Ward
- Karen Wheatland was re-elected for the Palmyra – Melville – Willagee Ward.
The successful candidates will be sworn in today Tuesday, 21 October 2025 at a Special Meeting of Council in the City’s Council Chambers.
Local government elections are held every two years for half of the council, with candidates elected in 2025 using the optional preferential voting system for the second time.
Mayor – Katy Mair (Term of office ends 2027)
Deputy Mayor – to be voted by Council on Tuesday, 21 October.
Applecross-Mount Pleasant Ward (Applecross, Brentwood & Mount Pleasant)- Councillor Daniel Lim (Term of office ends 2027)
- Councillor-Elect Clive Ross (Term of office ends 2029)
Bateman-Kardinya-Murdoch Ward (Bateman, Kardinya & Murdoch)- Councillor Soo Hong (Term of office ends 2027)
- Councillor-Elect Nicole Robins (Term of office ends 2029)
Bicton-Attadale-Alfred Cove Ward (Alfred Cove, Attadale & Bicton)- Councillor Glynis Barber (Term of office ends 2027)
- Councillor-Elect George Panayotou (Term of office ends 2029)
Bull Creek-Leeming Ward (Bull Creek & Leeming)- Councillor Matthew Woodall (Term of office ends 2027)
- Councillor-Elect Jennifer Spanbroek (Term of office ends 2029)
Central Ward (Ardross, Booragoon, Myaree, Winthrop)- Councillor Scott Green (Term of office ends 2027)
- Councillor-Elect Crawford Yorke (Term of office ends 2029)
Palmyra-Melville-Willagee Ward (Melville, Palmyra & Willagee)- Councillor-Elect Karen Wheatland (Term of office ends 2029)
- Vacant position to be filled at the March 2026 Extraordinary Election.
The 2025 elections were conducted by the Western Australian Electoral Commission, with a commission appointed returning officer overseeing the election process, taking candidate nominations, receiving votes and supervising the count and declaring the results on election night.
For more information about the City’s Elected Members, visit
www.melvillecity.com.au/electedmembers.
To see the full details and results of the 2025 local government visit the Western Australian Electoral Commission’s website
www.elections.wa.gov.au.
Comments attributed to City of Melville Mayor Katy Mair: “I congratulate and welcome the successful candidates and on behalf of the City, we look forward to working closely and collaboratively to achieve our vision of a vibrant, sustainable and inclusive Melville.
“I’d like to thank outgoing Councillors Terry Lee and Jane Edinger for their dedicated service to the community and wish them all the best for the future.
“Councillor Edinger served as a Councillor for the Bicton-Attadale-Alfred Cove Ward from 2021 to 2025 and did not recontest her seat, while Councillor Terry Lee served as Councillor in the Central Ward from 2023 to 2025.”