| Andrea Metcalf | |
| Mayor of the City of Greater Bendigo | |
| Term Start: | 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Jennifer Alden |
| Deputy: |
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| Title2: | Deputy Mayor of the City of Greater Bendigo |
| Term Start2: | 2020 |
| Term End2: | 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Matt Emond |
| Successor2: | Matthew Evans |
| Title3: | Councilor of the City of Greater Bendigo for Epsom Ward |
| Term Start3: | 2024 |
| Title4: | Councilor of the City of Greater Bendigo for Whipstick Ward |
| Term Start4: | 2016 |
| Term End4: | 2024 |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Independent |
Andrea Metcalf is an Australian politician who has served as the Mayor of the City of Greater Bendigo since 2021 and as a councillor since 2016.
Before her election to the council, Metcalf worked for Centrelink. [1]
Metcalf was first elected to Greater Bendigo City Council in the 2016 Victorian local elections, where she received 13.21% of the primary vote in Whipstick Ward.[2] She retained her seat at the 2020 Victorian local elections with 19.43% of the primary vote.[3]
In 2020, Metcalf was elected as Deputy Mayor of Bendigo, serving under Mayor Jennifer Alden.
In 2021, Metcalf was elected as mayor by the council, with Matthew Evans as her deputy.[4] She was re-elected for a second term as mayor in 2022, with former mayor Alden elected as her deputy, winning the mayoral bid against Evans.[5] In 2023, Metcalf was selected to be on the Local Government Mayoral Advisory Panel to advise the state government on local government issues.[6] In 2023, she was re-elected for a third term as mayor, with Evans returning as deputy.[7]
In February 2024, Metcalf participated in an official visit to Portugal to attend the UNESCO Creative Cities Network conference, representing Bendigo in its capacity as a designated City of Gastronomy.[8]
In the 2024 Victorian local elections, due to the introduction of single-member wards, Metcalf transferred to the Epsom Ward, which went uncontested.[9] She was re-elected as mayor by the new council with newly elected councillor Abhishek Awasthi serving as deputy mayor.[10]