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Hamilton City Council (Ontario)

Canadian municipal governing body

Field	Value
name	Hamilton City Council
coa_pic	flag_of_Hamilton.svg
coa_res	100px
logo_res	150px
session_room	Birds-Eye View of Hamilton City Hall.jpg
house_type	Unicameral city council
established	2000 (Amalgamated City of Hamilton)
1973 (Region of Hamilton-Wentworth)
1847 (City of Hamilton)
leader1_type	Mayor of Hamilton
leader1	Andrea Horwath
election1	November 15th 2022
leader2_type	Chair of Council
leader2	rotating
term_length	4 years
salary	$184,662.66 (Mayor)
$97,357.26 (Councillor)
members	15 plus Mayor
structure1	[[File:Hamilton_Council_2000.svg	250px]]
last_election1	October 24, 2022
(15 seats)
next_election1	October 26, 2026
(15 seats)
meeting_place	Council Chamber
Hamilton City Hall
Hamilton, Ontario
website

1973 (Region of Hamilton-Wentworth) 1847 (City of Hamilton) $97,357.26 (Councillor) (15 seats) (15 seats) Hamilton City Hall Hamilton, Ontario 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.

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

Hamilton City Councils Post Amalgamation (2000–present)

Hamilton City Councillors	Council	Election	Mayor	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Ward 7	Ward 8
	2022-2026	2022	Andrea Horwath	Maureen Wilson	Cameron Kroetsch	Nrinder Nann	Tammy Hwang	Matt Francis	Tom Jackson	Esther Pauls	Rob Cooper (from 2025)
John-Paul Danko
(2018-2025)	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)

Hamilton City Councillors	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
	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
Ward Boundary Redistribution
	1982–1985	1982	Bob Morrow	Mary Kiss	Peter Peterson	Vince Agro	Bill McCulloch	Brian Hinkley	Mike Davison	Don Gray	Vince Scott	Shirley Collins
	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)

Council	Election	Mayor	Board of Control	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Ward 7	Ward 8	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
Ward Boundary Redistribution
	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
Ward Boundary Redistribution
	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
Ward Boundary Redistribution
	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
Ward Boundary Redistribution

References

Craggs, Samantha. (14 March 2019). "Hamilton's mayor earned more than Toronto mayor John Tory in 2018". CBC Hamilton.
"History of City Hall".
Coleman, Tom. (December 8, 1970). "Party politics idea strongly rejected". [[Hamilton Spectator]].

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