2026 Election Results · Ward 12

Ward 12: Ancaster and West Flamborough Results

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Ward 12 City Councillor

Meet the candidates
All tabulators reported · unofficial 28 of 28 tabulators reporting · Unofficial
  1. Fred Bennink Elected · unofficial
    8,009
    58.4%
  2. Craig Cassar Incumbent
    5,705
    41.6%

Total votes counted: 13,714 · Margin: 2,304 · Updated 12:17 a.m. Oct. 27 · 2022: Craig Cassar won with 4,960 votes (38.8%)

Mayor

Citywide results
All tabulators reported · unofficial 267 of 267 tabulators reporting · Unofficial

Ward 12’s mayoral count appears here once the City reports results by ward.

  1. Keanin Loomis Elected · unofficial
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    61,04041.8%
  2. Rob Cooper
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    46,57331.9%
  3. Andrea Horwath Incumbent
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    21,22314.5%
  4. Scarlett Gillespie
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    9,5316.5%
  5. Ejaz Butt
    —
    1,6861.2%
  6. Sasha Austin
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    1,3670.9%
  7. David Harrison
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    1,2950.9%
  8. David Mark Cherkewski
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    7760.5%
  9. Kevin Walker
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    6000.4%
  10. Pam Mitchell
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    5900.4%
  11. Erin Janus
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    5170.4%
  12. Paul Fromm
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    5030.3%
  13. Nathalie Xian Yi Yan
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    4200.3%

Citywide: 146,121 · Updated 12:17 a.m. Oct. 27

HWCDSB Catholic School Trustee · Wards 12 & 13

All HWCDSB races
All tabulators reported · unofficial 53 of 53 tabulators reporting · Unofficial
  1. Paul Mercante Elected · unofficial
    1,969
    39.6%
  2. Phillip Homerski Incumbent
    1,712
    34.4%
  3. Kevin McKenna
    1,166
    23.4%
  4. Christopher Xenos
    131
    2.6%

Total votes counted: 4,978 · Margin: 257 · Updated 12:17 a.m. Oct. 27

HWDSB Public School Trustee · Wards 11 & 12

All HWDSB races
All tabulators reported · unofficial 39 of 39 tabulators reporting · Unofficial
  1. Melissa Baxter Elected · unofficial
    7,331
    55.1%
  2. Amanda Fehrman Incumbent
    5,968
    44.9%

Total votes counted: 13,299 · Margin: 1,363 · Updated 12:17 a.m. Oct. 27

Unofficial results as reported by the City of Hamilton on election night. Results are not final until the City Clerk declares them. HamiltonVotes.ca is a project of The Public Record.