Hamilton City Council (Ontario)
Hamilton City Council | |
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Type | |
Type | Unicameral city council |
Established | 2000 ("New" City of Hamilton) 1973 (Region of Hamilton-Wentworth) 1847 (City of Hamilton) |
Leadership | |
Andrea Horwath since November 15th 2022 | |
Chair of Council | rotating |
Structure | |
Seats | 15 plus Mayor |
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Length of term | 4 years |
Salary | $184,662.66 (Mayor) $97,357.26 (Councillor)[1] |
Elections | |
Last election | October 24, 2022 (15 seats) |
Next election | October 26, 2026 (15 seats) |
Meeting place | |
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Council Chamber Hamilton City Hall Hamilton, Ontario | |
Website | |
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Hamilton City Council is the governing body of the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Since 21 November 1960, Council has met at Hamilton City Hall at 71 Main Street West.[2]
The current council consists of the mayor plus fifteen councillors, one elected from each of the city's wards. The incumbent council was elected in a Hamilton municipal election on October 24, 2022.
Council members
[edit]Hamilton City Councils Post Amalgamation (2000–present)
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Council | Election | Mayor | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 7 | Ward 8 | Ward 9 | Ward 10 | Ward 11 | Ward 12 | Ward 13 | Ward 14 | Ward 15 | |
2022-2026 | 2022 | Andrea Horwath | Maureen Wilson | Cameron Kroetsch | Nrinder Nann | Tammy Hwang | Matt Francis | Tom Jackson | Esther Pauls | John-Paul Danko | Brad Clark | Jeff Beattie | Mark Tadeson | Craig Cassar | Alex Wilson | Mike Spadafora | Ted McMeekin | |
2018–2022 | 2018 | Fred Eisenberger | Jason Farr | Sam Merulla | Russ Powers (from 2021) Chad Collins (2018-2021) | Maria Pearson | Brenda Johnson | Lloyd Ferguson | Arlene VanderBeek | Terry Whitehead | Judi Partridge | |||||||
Ward Boundary Redistribution | ||||||||||||||||||
2014–2018 | 2014 | Fred Eisenberger | Aidan Johnson | Jason Farr | Matthew Green | Sam Merulla | Chad Collins | Tom Jackson | Terry Anderson (2018) Donna Skelly (2015-2018) Scott Duvall (2014-2015) | Terry Whitehead | Doug Connely | Maria Pearson | Brenda Johnson | Lloyd Ferguson | Arlene VanderBeek | Robert Patsuta | Judi Partridge | |
2010–2014 | 2010 | Bob Bratina | Brian McHattie | Bob Morrow (2014) Bernie Morelli (1991-2014) | Scott Duvall | Brad Clark | Russ Powers | |||||||||||
2006–2010 | 2006 | Fred Eisenberger | Bob Bratina | Bernie Morelli | David Mitchell | Margaret McCarthy | ||||||||||||
2003–2006 | 2003 | Larry Di Ianni | Bob Bratina (from 2004) Andrea Horwath (2003-2004) | Bill Kelly | Phil Bruckler | Murray Ferguson | Art Samson (from 2004) Russ Powers (2003- 2004) | Dave Braden | ||||||||||
2000–2003 | 2000 | Bob Wade | Marvin Caplan | Andrea Horwath | Frank D'Amico | Anne Bain | Larry Di Ianni | Russ Powers |
Hamilton City Councils Post Board of Control (1980–2000)
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Council | Election | Mayor | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 7 | Ward 8 | ||||||||
1997–2000 | 1997 | Bob Morrow | Mary Kiss | Marvin Caplan | Andrea Horwath | Ron Corsini | Bernie Morelli | Dennis Haining | Dave Wilson | Geraldine Copps | Chad Collins | Fred Eisenberger | Tom Jackson | Bob Charters | Terry Anderson | Bill Kelly | Frank D'Amico | Duke O'Sullivan |
1994–1997 | 1994 | Vince Agro | Bill McCulloch | Don Drury | Chad Collins (from 1995) Dominic Agostino (to 1995) | Henry Merling | Don Ross | |||||||||||
1991–1994 | 1991 | Terry Cooke | Dominic Agostino | |||||||||||||||
1988–1991 | 1988 | Brian Hinkley | David Christopherson | Fred Lombardo | Vince Formosi (from 1990) John Smith (to 1990) | John Gallagher | Tom Murray | |||||||||||
1985–1988 | 1985 | Pat Valeriano | Shirley Collins | Reg Wheeler | John Smith | Paul Cowell | ||||||||||||
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1982–1985 | 1982 | Bob Morrow | Mary Kiss | Peter Peterson | Vince Agro | Bill McCulloch | Brian Hinkley | Mike Davison | Don Gray | Vince Scott | Shirley Collins | Fred Lombardo | Ian Stout | Paul Cowell | Bruce Charlton | Henry Merling | Tom Murray | Jim Bethune |
1980–1982 | 1980 | Bill Powell | Paul Drage | Pat Valeriano | David Lawrence | Reg Wheeler | Jim Bethune | Ken Edge | James MacDonald |
Hamilton City Councils and Boards of Control (1910–1980)
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Council | Election | Mayor | Board of Control | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 7 | Ward 8 | |||||||||||
1978–1980 | 1978 | Jack MacDonald | Bob Morrow | Jim Bethune | Vince Agro | Pat Valeriano | Kay Drage | Peter Peterson | Ed Fisher | Bill McCulloch | Pat Ford | Brian Hinkley | Don Gray | Dave Lawrence | Fred Lombardo | Reg Wheeler | Olive Ritchie | Jim Stowe | Ted McMeekin | Henry Merling | Ken Edge | James MacDonald |
1976–1978 | 1976 | Ian Stout | Dennis Carson | |||||||||||||||||||
1973–1976 | 1973 | Vince Agro (from 1976) Victor Copps (to 1976) | Vince Agro | Jim Campbell | Kay Drage (by-election victor) Reg Swanborough (died in office) | Charles Cupido | Pat Valeriano | Ian Stout | Bill Scandlan | |||||||||||||
1972–1973 | 1972 | Victor Copps | Anne Jones | Jim Custeau | Reg Swanborough | Vince Agro | Jim Kern | |||||||||||||||
1970–1972 | 1970 | Herman Turkstra | Jim Campbell | Bob Morrow | Malcolm (Mac) Cline | Aldo Poloniato | Jim Custeau | Robert Ford | Bill Scandlan | |||||||||||||
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Council | Election | Mayor | Board of Control | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 7 | Ward 8 | |||||||||||
1968–1970 | 1968 | Victor Copps | Anne Jones | Jim Campbell | Jack MacDonald | Bill Foley | Bob Morrow | Jim McKeon | Vince Agro | Bill McCulloch | Aldo Poloniato | Bill Scandlan | Joseph Kostyk | Bill Powell | Jim Custeau | Dave Lawrence | Reg Wheeler | Fred Whitehouse | Jim Stowe | Robert Ford | Jim Bethune | James MacDonald |
1966–1968 | 1966 | Malcolm (Mac) Cline | Thomas Doyle | Stanley Dudzic | John Smith | |||||||||||||||||
1964–1966 | 1964 | Archie McCoy | Brian Morison | Leslie Parker | Anne Jones | Bill McCulloch | Bill Foley | |||||||||||||||
1962–1964 | 1962 | Ada Pritchard | Sam Parker | Frank Dillon | Joseph Macaluso | Hugh Brown | Joseph Lanza | Jack McLaren | ||||||||||||||
1960–1962 | 1960 | Lloyd Jackson | Jack MacDonald | Victor Copps | Ross Fischer | John Munro | Joseph Kostyk | Jim Campbell | Brian Morison | |||||||||||||
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Council | Election | Mayor | Board of Control | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 7 | Ward 8 | |||||||||||
1958-1960 | 1958 | Lloyd Jackson | Archie McCoy | Ada Pritchard | Jack MacDonald | Sam Parker | Jack McLaren | Bill Thompson | John Munro | Hugh Brown | Ramsey Evans | Margaret Standen | Ross Fischer | Malcolm (Mac) Cline | Frank Dillon | Fred Partridge | Joseph Lanza | James Murdock | Dave Lawrence | Fred Whitehouse | Brian Morison | Ray Edwards |
1956-1958 | 1956 | Samuel Baggs | Joseph Dubeck (From June, 1958) Roy Aindow (To June, 1958) | David Duncan | Malcolm Heddle | Dave Lawrence | Ken Crockett | |||||||||||||||
1954-1956 | 1954 | Samuel Lawrence | Jack MacDonald | Bill Thompson | Roy Aindow | Charles McCabe | Archie McCoy | William Harris | ||||||||||||||
1953-1954 | 1953 | Samuel Baggs | John Lewington | Marvin Farewell | Ada Pritchard | |||||||||||||||||
1952-1953 | 1952 | George Shaver | Robert Purnell | Fred Partridge | Bill Walsh | |||||||||||||||||
1951-1952 | 1951 | Henry Arnott Hicks | Russell Reinke | Charles McCabe | Jack MacDonald | Lewis Ross | Ed Crockett | |||||||||||||||
1950-1951 | 1950 | William Warrender | Samuel Baggs | Roy Aindow | John Hancox | |||||||||||||||||
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Council | Election | Mayor | Board of Control | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 7 | Ward 8 | |||||||||||
1949-1950 | 1949 | Lloyd Jackson | Ellen Fairclough | William Warrender | Henry Arnott Hicks | Sam Parker | Bessie Hughton | Ken Crockett | Charles McCabe | Hugh Brown | Warren Laird Jennings | Samuel Baggs | Robert Purnell | Malcolm (Mac) Cline | Doug Gordon | Fred Partridge | Malcolm Heddle | John Hodgson | Fred Hayward | Jack MacDonald | Roy Aindow | Russell Reinke |
1948-1949 | 1948 | Sam Lawrence | Andy Frame | Hugh McIntyre | Walter Chadwick | Henry Arnott Hicks | William Warrender | Ellen Fairclough | Peter McCulloch | Frank Dillon | Peter Dunlop | James Newell | ||||||||||
1947-1948 | 1947 | John Stewart | Thomas Marshall | Joseph Easton | ||||||||||||||||||
1946-1947 | 1946 | Nora-Frances Henderson | Helen Anderson-Coulson | Sam Parker | Warren Laird Jennings | Fred Partridge | ||||||||||||||||
1945-1946 | 1945 | Donald Clarke | William Weir | Herbert Hannah | Ellen Fairclough (appointed 1945) Herbert Smye (resigned 1945) | Thomas Marshall | Doug Gordon | Helen Anderson-Coulson | ||||||||||||||
1944-1945 | 1944 | Hugh McIntyre | Robert Elliott | Vernon Knowles | Herbert Smye | Peter McCulloch | ||||||||||||||||
1943-1944 | 1943 | Walter Chadwick | William McFarland | Harry Hunter | ||||||||||||||||||
1942-1943 | 1942 | William Morrison | Sam Lawrence | Donald Clarke | Sam Parker | Robert Evans | Sam Clarke | Roy Aindow | ||||||||||||||
1941-1942 | 1941 | Andy Frame | Walter Chadwick | William Warrender | Hugh McIntyre | Robert Thornberry | William Weir | Sam Clarke | Robert Elliott | |||||||||||||
1940-1941 | 1940 | William Kennedy | Archie Burton | |||||||||||||||||||
1939-1940 | 1939 | Robert Inch | James Phin | Thomas White | Harry Hunter | |||||||||||||||||
1938-1939 | 1938 | Beamer Hopkins | Freeman Treleaven | Hugh McIntyre | Alexander Nelligan | Donald Clarke | Roy Aindow (appointed) Agnes Sharpe (resigned) | |||||||||||||||
1937-1938 | 1937 | Andy Frame | Orville Walsh | Beamer Hopkins | Archie Burton | Agnes Sharpe | ||||||||||||||||
1936-1937 | 1936 | Donald McFarlane | John Marsh | |||||||||||||||||||
1935-1936 | 1935 | Sam Nelson | William Ainslie | |||||||||||||||||||
1934-1935 | 1934 | Herbert Wilton | Septimus Stuart DuMoulin | Franklin Turville | William Fick | George Hancock | Arthur Davidson | Thomas Lewington | William Harrison | |||||||||||||
1933-1934 | 1933 | Sam Lawrence | Nora-Frances Henderson | Thomas Gallagher | Charles Aitchison | Archie Pollock | Andy Frame | Sam Clarke | John Mitchell | James Reed | ||||||||||||
1932-1933 | 1932 | John Peebles | Sam Lawrence | Andy Gaul | Charles Aitchison | Archie Pollock | Sam Clarke | John Mitchell | James Reed | |||||||||||||
1931-1932 | 1931 | John Bell | Sam Manson | Septimus Stuart DuMoulin | William Hutton | Austin Macauley | Charles Aitchison | John Sherring | Archie Burton | William Dean | ||||||||||||
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Council | Election | Mayor | Board of Control | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 7 | Ward 8 |
Ran as a CCF candidate
Ran as a Labour or Labour's Voice candidate
Ran as a ILP candidate
Ran as a Conservative Party candidate
Ran as a Liberal Party candidate
References
[edit]- ^ Craggs, Samantha (14 March 2019). "Hamilton's mayor earned more than Toronto mayor John Tory in 2018". CBC Hamilton. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022.
- ^ "History of City Hall". hpl.ca. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ Coleman, Tom (December 8, 1970). "Party politics idea strongly rejected". Hamilton Spectator.