Scott Ferguson has served on Blayney Shire Council since 1999 as a Councillor, interim Mayor in 2008 and elected as Mayor in 2012 and reelected for the current term. Cr Ferguson and his family have made Blayney their home.Scott and his wife Michelle own a successful local Plumbing Contracting business which they have been operating around the region for the last 25 years.

 Cr Ferguson is a member of the Blayney Rotary Club and has just recently retired as the long serving chairman and director of the Skillset Apprenticeship and Training Organisation. He is the current deputy chair of Central NSW Councils, which will soon become the Central NSW Joint Organisation and he is a director on the newly formed Orange Regional Tourism organisation. Cr Ferguson is also the LGNSW Vice-President Rural/Regional.

His passion for community development and economic growth has been evident throughout the years as the town and villages within the “Shire of Villages” continue to prosper as they are supported by an innovative and proactive local council.