Updated October 30: Hamilton’s City Clerk has certified the 2026 municipal election results. The final count records 147,299 ballots and 31.61% turnout.

During certification, the city identified 103 ballots from five community polls that were not captured in the unofficial election-night results. The ballots were added to the certified count and did not change the outcome of any race.

Keanin Loomis is the certified mayor-elect. The ward councillors are: Ward 1, Maureen Wilson; 2, Cameron Kroetsch; 3, Nrinder Nann; 4, Jason Farr; 5, Matt Francis; 6, Tom Jackson; 7, Mark Daly; 8, Dawn Danko; 9, Jonathan Stathakos; 10, Nicole Trombetta; 11, Mark Tadeson; 12, Fred Bennink; 13, Rick Kunc; 14, Mike Spadafora; and 15, Colleen Stewart.

What changed: The original October 27 report described the results as uncertified and listed 147,196 ballots with 31.59% turnout. This update replaces those provisional figures with the Clerk’s certified totals and preserves the original publication date and article address.

Sources: City of Hamilton certified-results release, October 29; original October 26 results release.

Editorial illustration of Hamilton’s municipal election results; not a documentary photograph.