Ward 8 by-election 2025

Voting in the Ward 8 by-election begins September 15, 2025. Every vote on council is crucial to maintain our firm urban boundary, support city building like public transit and bike lanes, support affordable housing and more density in neighbourhoods, and support climate change and biodiversity initiatives. We’ve had a look through all the platforms published as of August 26, 2025. Only one candidate, Alex Ballagh, mentions Climate and Environment as one of his priorities. We’ve linked all the published platforms we could find below to help residents of Ward 8 make an informed choice when voting.

The Spectator article with short candidate interviews is HERE

The Public Record interviews will be on the 155 Hamilton podcast. Info HERE

Voting is from Sept 15-22. Info is HERE

Candidates’ published platforms are below

Waleed Ali

Alex D. Ballagh

Caleb Bosveld

Sonia Brown

Rob Cooper

Glen Davies

Andrew Fedurko

Anthony Frisina

Kevin Gonci

Asuf Khokhar

Michael Loomans

Michael Marson

Lohifa Pogoson Acker

Sebastian Popovici

Barry Quinn

Colleen Wicken

Terry Whitehead