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Blayney Shire Council consists of seven Councillors who equally represent the entire Local Government Area, with the last election held on 14 September 2024. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are nominated and elected by their fellow Councillors. Local Government elections are usually held every four years.
Councillors are required to lodge details twice annually of Political Donations and Electoral Expenditure which are published on the Electoral Commission NSW website.
Councillors are always happy to hear from members of the community about issues of interest and concern.
Cr Bruce Reynolds (Mayor)
Mobile: 0428 613 181
Email: bruce.reynolds@blayney.nsw.gov.au
Bruce Reynolds has served on Blayney Shire Council since 2017 as a Councillor, and was elected Mayor in 2024. His passion is to represent the Blayney Shire Community with a goal of enhancing facilities including footpaths, roads, bridges and community facilities.
He has been involved with the Blayney Shire for more than fifty years. He was involved with the potato and sheep industries from a young age in the Millthorpe area. He even purchased his first new car in Adelaide Street.
Bruce has lived in the Shire for more than a decade with his family. He is actively involved with the local community as a volunteer as well as the Council committees he sits on.
He is a passionate gardener with several acres of ornamental plants as well as a small orchard, large vegetable garden and grows raspberries and blueberries.
Bruce is always happy to hear from our community and find solutions when issues arise.
Mobile: 0417 430 182
Email: rebecca.scott@blayney.nsw.gov.au
Mobile: 0439 682 836
Email: iris.dorsett@blayney.nsw.gov.au
For the past 4 decades, Iris has worked both personally and professionally to positively develop and promote the Blayney Shire.
Through her professional roles in media, education and local government, Iris has been a driving force in many initiatives that has enhanced the everyday life of community members.
Iris holds degrees and qualifications across many fields including:
Her professional memberships have included Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA), Associate Fellow Australasian College Road Safety (ACRS), Society Australian Genealogist (SAG) and Alumni UTAS. Iris has presented papers at a local, regional, state, national and international level. She is multi award winner for ‘Excellence in Local Government’ and has been a 2 x finalist for ‘Women in Local Government’.
Her community involvement has seen Iris hold many positions on several sporting, school, and community organisations.
As a 5th generation local family member, Iris is keen for herself and her descendants to contribute to the growth of the Shire as did her pioneering ancestors.
Iris’s aim as a newly elected Councillor (2024), is to work ‘with and for’ the community to provide a productive, progressive future; one that honours its past, while exploring and expanding development opportunities to provide a sustainable future for all community members.
She is a current board member of Central Tablelands Weeds Authority.
Mobile: 0459 510 555
Email: craig.gosewisch@blayney.nsw.gov.au
Craig has lived in the Blayney Shire for over 20 years. He was first elected to Council in December 2021.
Craig currently works in the warehouse at Cadia Valley Gold Mine for Newmont.
All of Craigs 4 children went to school in the Blayney Shire, 2 of which have now moved to study at University while the other 2 have picked up a traineeship and apprenticeship with local Blayney Shire businesses.
He has a passion for local sport and has been involved both playing and on the committees of numerous clubs in the Shire. He was recognised for this dedication with a Life Membership of the Blayney Rugby Union Club a couple of years ago.
His goal as a Councillor is to represent the Shire as a whole and see it grow but also keep the that atmosphere and feel that we enjoy today.
Email: karl.hutchings@blayney.nsw.gov.au
Mobile: 0468 682 037
Email: john.newstead@blayney.nsw.gov.au
Cr John Newstead was born at the Blayney District Hospital and has lived in Blayney his entire life.
As a fifth-generation resident of the Blayney Shire area, he feels he appreciates the needs of the residents in Blayney, the villages, and all other areas within the Blayney Shire.
This will be Cr Newstead’s fourth term as a councillor, having served on council between 2004 to 2008 and from 2017 to the present day.
As an active sportsperson, he enjoys water skiing, playing squash, tennis, and table tennis. In his younger days he played rugby league for both the Blayney Bears and the Carcoar Crows.
He is currently employed as a school bus driver and was previously employed at Essential Energy for 28 years.
His aim as a Councillor, is to see the Blayney Shire continue to grow and prosper.
Note: Following the resignation of Cr Pryse Jones on 1 January 2025, Council is now in discussions with the NSW Electoral Commission to undertake a countback to fill the vacancy.