 Until the October 2011 elections, the council was administered by five commissioners, led by Ron Yuryevich, the mayor of City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, and including Ian Carpenter, the mayor of the former City and Nino Messina, the mayor of the former Shire.The City is divided into seven wards, each with two councillors, plus a directly elected mayor to serve the entire district.There are 57 individual suburbs within the City of Greater Geraldton.