2022 Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election

2022 Hamilton municipal election
← 2018 October 24, 2022 2026 →
Turnout35.38%[1]
 
Candidate Andrea Horwath Keanin Loomis Bob Bratina
Popular vote 59,216 57,553 17,436
Percentage 41.68% 40.51% 12.27%
Results by ward
Mayor before election

Fred Eisenberger

 Elected Mayor

Andrea Horwath

The 2022 Hamilton municipal election was a municipal election that occurred on 24 October 2022, as per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, 1996.[2][3] Residents of Hamilton selected one mayor, members of the Hamilton City Council, as well as members of both the English and French Public and Catholic School Boards using a first-past-the-post electoral system in single-member constituencies, called wards.[4] Based on their electoral registration, voters also selected one of 11 Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board trustees, 9 Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board trustees, 1 Conseil scolaire Viamonde trustee, or 1 Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir trustee.[4] Hamiltonians had the options of voting in-person or through a mail-in ballot.[5]

On election day, Hamiltonians elected Andrea Horwath to serve as mayor of the City of Hamilton. She is the first female mayor of the city. Each elected official's term began on 15 November 2022 and will end on 14 November 2026.

  1. ^ "2022 Election Results". City of Hamilton. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  2. ^ ""Municipal Elections Act, 1996", S.O. 1996, Chapter 32". ontario.ca. July 24, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Municipal Elections Schedule in Canada". muniscope.ca. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "City of Hamilton - Election Information". hamilton.ca. Archived from the original on May 2, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  5. ^ Werner, Kevin (January 13, 2022). "Hamilton to offer mail-in voting for 2022 municipal election". Hamilton Spectator.