The businessman has confirmed he will be standing for one of the nine spots on Federation Council when elections are held for the first time in September.

Mr Poidevin retired from council after 32 years service in 2012 when Bill Bott also stepped aside after 35 years.

"There are a lot of things going on at the moment that are pulling against the 32 years I had and what we were able to put together," he said.

"People need to be coming onto the council without an agenda and should be there for the purpose of running a happy council.

"There is a general feeling people aren't happy.

"They haven't been able to have a say and or been able to talk to councillors like they have in the past."

Mr Poidevin also had 13 terms as Corowa Shire mayor between 1995 and 2010.

He said he wouldn't be forming a ticket to improve his chances of being elected and had no involvement with the Federation Voices group which includes former councillors Francesco Bruinsma, Fred Longmire and Joan Palmer, who are also expected to stand.

Another former Corowa Shire councillor Fiona Schirmer won't be standing.

"I've served my time in two councils which is a bit unusual in its own right," she said.

"It's time for a vacancy and allows someone else to stand."

Mrs Schirmer began her local government career at Lockhart Shire before serving on Corowa Shire when she moved to Howlong.

She has served on the Federation local representative committee since the merger with former councillors, Paul Miegel, Daryl Davey and Gail Law.

Former Urana Shire councillors Pat Bourke, John Doyle and Ian Kreutzberger quit the LRC earlier this year and haven't ruled out standing for election.

But they face an uphill battle to be elected without wards and the population differential between their former shire and three major centres of Corowa, Mulwala and Howlong.

Mr Poidevin said the towns of Urana, Oaklands and Rand needed representation.

"They're coming from a very small section of the shire, but their needs are just as important as the people in the centre of Corowa, Mulwala and Howlong," he said.

"They need people who are going to stick up for them."