Final List of Hamilton, Ontario Municipal Election Candidates

Nominations closed at 2:00 pm on August 21, 2026. This is the complete list of candidates who filed, as published by Hamilton’s City Clerk.

MAYOR

• Sasha Austin
• Ejaz Butt
• David Mark Cherkewski
• Rob Cooper
• Paul Fromm
• Scarlett Gillespie
• David Harrison
• Andrea Horwath (incumbent)
• Erin Janus
• Keanin Loomis
• Pamela Mitchell
• Kevin Walker
• Nathalie Xian Yi Yan

CITY COUNCILLOR

Ward 1

• Raymond R. Pacquette
• Mark Powell
• Nathan Savelli
• Maureen Wilson (incumbent)

Ward 2

• Eisham Abdulkarim
• Rodney Elesie
• Daniel Greene
• Bill Houston
• Cameron Kroetsch (incumbent)
• Brian Lewis
• Kelly Oucharek
• Tony Sciara
• Bernard Tompkins

(Withdrawn: Daniel Myles)

Ward 3

• Wade Campbell
• Christine Cayuga
• Christopher DeMelo
• Nrinder Nann (incumbent)
• Graham Schreiber
• Andrew Selman
• Kristeen Sprague

Ward 4

• Todd Anderson
• Jason Farr
• Tammy Hwang (incumbent)
• Jemma Lambert
• Tony Mamone
• Tobin Tuff

(Withdrawn: Rod Douglas)

Ward 5

• Matt Francis (incumbent)
• Ahmad Khan
• Juanita Maldonado

Ward 6

• Melissa Debicki
• Tom Jackson (incumbent)
• Peter Werhun

Ward 7

• Heather Beale
• Mark Daly
• Gordon Leslie
• Esther Pauls (incumbent)

Ward 8

• Nenos Damerchie
• Dawn Danko
• Jonathan Morris
• Pat Piro
• Adlan Taramov
• Jacob Tenbrinke
• Terry Whitehead

Ward 9

• Brad Clark (incumbent)
• Abhijeet Gill
• Brad Stapleton
• Jonathan Stathakos
• Eileen Walker

(Withdrawn: Michael T. Loomans)

Ward 10

• Cal DiFalco
• Eugene Farago
• Olivia Fung
• Sam Gamble
• Akash Grewal
• Michael T. Loomans
• Ivan Luksic
• Tanjoban Nijjar
• Larry Paletta
• Vince Rigitano
• Nicole Trombetta

(Withdrawn: Jeff Beattie)

Ward 11

• Damon Mombourquette
• Aaron Post
• Mark Tadeson (incumbent)

Ward 12

• Fred Bennink
• Craig Cassar (incumbent)

Ward 13

• Gary Aikema
• Rick Kunc
• Loren Lieberman
• Spencer Naylor

Ward 14

• Kojo Damptey
• Mike Spadafora (incumbent)

Ward 15

• Chase Alford
• Mary Kovacs
• Ted McMeekin (incumbent)
• Colleen Stewart
• Zac Wrobel
• Jeff Yaeger

HAMILTON-WENTWORTH DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE (ENGLISH PUBLIC)

Ward 1

• Blake Hambly
• Andrew Harrington
• Shawn McMullin
• Cameron Prosic

(Withdrawn: Jonathan Noble)

Ward 2

• Anthony L. Chepil
• Sabreina Dahab (incumbent)

(Withdrawn: Shawn McMullin)

Ward 3

• Frank Crowder
• Larry Pattison
• Kory Preston
• Meagan Shanahan

Ward 4

• Abby Zaitley (incumbent)

Ward 5 & 10

• Anthony Caputo
• Theresa Maguire-Garber
• Logan Shields
• Todd White (incumbent)

Ward 6 & 9

• Kathy Archer (incumbent)
• Todd May

Ward 7

• Seth Floyd
• Bill King
• Marlon Picken

Ward 8 & 14

• Daunte Hillen
• Ben O’Reilly

Ward 11 & 12

• Melissa Baxter
• Amanda Fehrman (incumbent)
• Bryan Johnson

Ward 13

• Chris Slye

(Withdrawn: Andrea Wappel)

Ward 15

• Anthony Nicholl
• Graeme Noble

HAMILTON-WENTWORTH CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE (ENGLISH SEPARATE / CATHOLIC)

Ward 1, 2 & 15

• Mark Valvasori (incumbent)

Ward 3 & 4

• Ralph Agostino

Ward 5

• Aldo D’Intino (incumbent)

Ward 6

• Ellen Agostino (incumbent)
• Joanne Belanger
• Anthony Mari

Ward 7

• Nick Agostino
• Kevin Duffy
• Luca Filice

Ward 8 & 14

• Jessica Bonilla-Damptey
• Wieslawa Helena Chrapka
• John Valvasori (incumbent)

Ward 9 & 11

• Tyler Iorio

Ward 10

• Andrea Di Nicola
• Mary Nardini (incumbent)

Ward 12 & 13

• Phil Homerski (incumbent)
• Kevin McKenna
• Paul Mercante
• Christopher Xenos

(Withdrawn: Paul Mercanti)

CONSEIL SCOLAIRE CATHOLIQUE MONAVENIR (FRENCH CATHOLIC)

• Nathalie Dufour Seguin

CONSEIL SCOLAIRE VIAMONDE (FRENCH PUBLIC)

• Sonia Macaluso

(Withdrawn: Pierre Gregory)

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Production Details
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Published: August 21, 2026
Last updated: August 21, 2026
Author: Joey Coleman

Update Record
v. 1.0.0 original version
v. 1.0.1 updated: City Clerk’s office states Jonathan Noble withdrew at 12:08 p.m. on the file day.

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