Despite these whispers none have publicly put their hands up.
At least four of the council's 12 councillors will not run in October's election.
Ella Lawton, who lived in Wanaka, is the sole representative from the Queenstown-Lakes district.
After her decision to move to Invercargill and not run again, she was ''really worried'' there would not be a candidate from the region.
However, she knew of ''a few'' who were willing to put their hand up, but not ready to announce.
Cr Lawton was elected in the three-seat Dunstan Ward, which incorporates the Queenstown-Lakes district and most of Central Otago.
Michael Laws, of Cromwell, will run again in that ward and Graeme Bell, of Alexandra, is leaning towards running again.
With Alexandra farmer and former councillor Gary Kelliher putting his hat in the ring, there is a chance there will be no representative from Queenstown Lakes.
Cr Lawton said she believed it was ''really important'' to have representation from across the region.
''That's from my own experience of having people talk to me in the Wanaka and Queenstown areas. There are very iconic, significant lakes here and of course transport and air issues.
''I can speak to those people all the time. That's what representation is there to do.''
There was a chance candidates from that region could split the vote, but she hoped that would not happen.
Doug Brown, who has been the Moeraki representative for 21 years, is also standing down.
He knew of two people interested in running to take his place, but they were not ready to announce.
Representation in that area was important to tackle region-specific problems such as wallabies.
''I'm also keen to see another rural representative. So much of our work happens in rural areas, so I think it's important we keep that representation.''
Both candidates he knew of were from rural backgrounds.
