As local government elections draw near, the race to be the next mayor of Mandurah is already heating up with three sitting members putting their hands up to run.

Nominations don’t officially open until the end of the month, but the Mandurah Times can reveal that councillors Peter Rogers, Amber Kearns and Ahmed Zilani are all bidding for the top job.

Cr Kearns, a one-time school chaplain, was elected to the East ward in 2021, engineer Cr Zilani was elected to the North ward in 2019 and business consultant Cr Rogers to the Town ward in 2015.

Out of the three, Cr Kearns is the only councillor due for re-election this year.

In an unexpected twist to the mayoral race, the Times can also reveal that Cr Zilani was found to have committed a minor breach of the Local Government Act last year f

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