Hamilton residents will have the opportunity to vote for their mayor, city councillor, and school board trustee on October 26. The deadline to register for the municipal election passed on Friday, and the city has now published a verified list of candidates.
CBC Hamilton has compiled a list of candidates running for city councillor and school board trustee positions in Hamilton. The information was gathered from publicly available sources such as candidates’ websites and social media accounts related to their campaigns. More details and analysis about the candidates and their platforms will be shared in our ongoing coverage.
Candidates are listed alphabetically by their last names. The following individuals are registered to run in Hamilton and its 15 wards. To determine your ward, you can visit the city’s website.
### Mayoral Race
The upcoming municipal election is anticipated to feature a rematch between Keanin Loomis and current Mayor Andrea Horwath. In the previous election, Horwath narrowly secured victory over Loomis by 1,663 votes in 2022.
Here is the list of candidates registered for the mayoral position:
– Sasha Austin
– Ejaz Butt
– David Mark Cherkewski
– Rob Cooper
– Paul Fromm
– Scarlett Gillespie
– David Harrison
– Andrea Horwath
– Erin Janus
– Keanin Loomis
– Pamela Mitchell
– Kevin Walker
– Nathalie Xian Yi Yan
### Ward 1
Ward 1, situated in Hamilton’s west end, north of the Niagara Escarpment, includes the Chedoke-Cootes area. The candidates for Ward 1 are:
– Raymond R. Paquette
– Mark Powell
– Nathan Savelli
– Maureen Wilson
### Ward 2
Encompassing the downtown area of the city, Ward 2 stretches north of the Niagara Escarpment to the harbourfront, with Wellington Street N. to the east and Queen Street to the west. Nine candidates are vying for the councillor position, including the incumbent:
– Eisham Abdulkarim
– Rodney Elesie
– Daniel Greene
– Bill Houston
– Cameron Kroetsch
– Brian Lewis
– Kelly Oucharek
– Tony Sciara
– Bernard Tompkins
### Ward 3
Located north of the Niagara Escarpment, Ward 3 extends from Ottawa Street N. to Wellington Street N. The contenders for Ward 3 include:
– Wade Campbell
– Christine Cayuga
– Christopher De Melo
– Nrinder Nann
– Andrew Selman
– Graham Schreiber
– Kristeen Sprague
(Continued in a similar manner for other wards and school board trustee positions)