Campbelltown re-elects Mayor Lound; Cr Masood Chowdhury becomes Deputy Mayor
Councillors re-elected Darcy Lound unopposed as Mayor on 1 September 2026 and elected Cr Masood Chowdhury Deputy Mayor for the first time — Campbelltown City Council is the LGA Menangle Park sits in.
Menangle Park sits in the Campbelltown City Council local government area, so who holds these two roles is who represents the suburb at the top of the council table.
What Council confirmed
Council says Cr Darcy Lound was re-elected unopposed as Mayor at the 1 September 2026 council meeting, a term that runs to the next local government elections in September 2028. Council says Cr Masood Chowdhury was elected Deputy Mayor, and that it is the first time he has held the role since he was elected to Council in 2016. Council’s own release does not state the Deputy Mayor’s term length or a vote count.
What South West Voice reported from the chamber
South West Voice reported that the Deputy Mayor election was contested: Cr Chowdhury and Cr Seta Berbari were both nominated, voting was by show of hands with Cr Chowdhury’s name put first, and nine of the 14 councillors present raised a hand for him. It reported no count for Cr Berbari. Its list of his supporters — the six Labor councillors, the two Greens, Cr Jayden Rivera, Cr Tao Triebels and Cr Masud Khalil — names eleven people for nine hands, so treat the breakdown as unreliable until Council’s minutes are published. South West Voice also reported that the Deputy Mayor’s term is 12 months, “as is customary”, and that a vote was taken on whether it should be one year or two. Council’s own release does not state a term length for the role.
Why this needed checking
Council’s minutes for the 1 September meeting had not been published as at 3 September 2026, so the vote count and the 12-month term above rest on South West Voice’s report from the chamber, not on the record. Council’s own release confirms both results and gives neither figure. Check the minutes once they appear.
What to watch
Council’s minutes for the 1 September 2026 meeting, once published, should settle the vote count and the Deputy Mayor’s exact term. The name is worth re-checking again around September 2027, when the twelve months South West Voice reported would be up.