Yarra Ranges is divided into nine wards, each of which elects one councillor for a period of four years. • Chandler Ward, named after a pioneering family • Chirnside Ward, named after George Chirnside, a
Mooroolbark settler and owner of the
Werribee Park Mansion • Lyster Ward, named after
William Saurin Lyster, an impresario who had a dairy farm in the area • Melba Ward, named after opera singer Dame
Nellie Melba • O'Shannassy Ward, named after O'Shannassy River and reservoir, in turn named after
John O'Shanassy (sic.),
Premier of Victoria in the mid-1800s • Ryrie Ward, named after
William Ryrie who planted the first
vineyards in the area • Streeton Ward, named after Sir
Arthur Streeton, a painter who lived in
Olinda • Walling Ward, named after landscape designer
Edna Walling Current composition == Election results ==