Ward 8 (Hamilton, Ontario)

Ward 8 is a municipal ward in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, located on Hamilton Mountain. It elects one member to Hamilton City Council.

Ward 8 is bounded on the north by the Niagara Escarpment, on the west by Garth Street, on the south by a hydroelectric corridor, and on the east by Upper Wellington Street.

The ward includes the neighbourhoods of Allison, Balfour, Bonnington, Buchanan, Centremount, Greeningdon, Gourley, Jerome, Kennedy, Kerrighan, Mewburr, Mohawk, Rolston, Ryckmans, Sheldon, Southam, and Yeoville.

History Ward 8 has existed in the western part of Hamilton Mountain since the 1950 election. Prior to that, it was based in the city's east end.

Councillors The ward was represented by two councillors until the city's amalgamation in 2000. Since then, it has been represented by one councillor. Council Member 1951 Ed Crockett Ken Crockett 1952 1953 Brian Morison 1954 1955–56 1957–58 1959–60 Ray Edwards 1961–62 James MacDonald 1963–64 Jim Bethune 1965–66 1967–68 1969–70 1971–72 Ken Edge 1973 1973–76 1977–78 1978–80 1980–82 1982–85 Tom Murray Jim Bethune 1985–88 Don Ross 1988–91 1991–94 Frank D'Amico 1994–97 1997–2000 Duke O'Sullivan 2001–03 Frank D'Amico 2003–06 Terry Whitehead 2006–10 2010–14 2014–18 2018–22 John-Paul Danko 2022–25 2025 - 26 Rob Cooper

Election results

2025 by-election A by-election was held in the ward on September 22, 2025, following the election of John-Paul Danko as Liberal Member of Parliament for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas in the 2025 Canadian federal election.

The race saw a record number of candidates run at 26.

Candidates Lohifa Pogoson Acker: Business owner, hair artist and Hamilton Chamber board member. Ralph Agostino: Former Halton Catholic District School Board trustee; Realtor. Waleed Ali: Entrepreneur and real estate developer. Alex Ballagh: Coordinator at the National Overdose Response Service and co-chair of ACORN Hamilton. Caleb Bosveld: Business student at Redeemer University. Philip Bradshaw: Community advocate. Sonia Brown: Retirement home owner, and runner up in 2022 Ward 8 election. Rob Cooper: Hamilton Mountain Progressive Conservative Party riding association executive Joshua Czerniga: Educator and community advocate. Glen Davies: Retired systems analyst. Scott Duvall: Former city councillor for Ward 7 (2006–2015) and New Democratic Party MP for Hamilton Mountain (2015–2021). Andrew Fedurko: Mohawk College program coordinator. Anthony Frisina: Accessibility and inclusion advocate and student service representative at Mohawk College. Kevin Gonci: Retired army reservist, Ford Motor employee and CANUSA Games organizer. Read Hansen Asuf Khokhar: Hamilton police officer and Canadian Armed Forces veteran. Frank Lenarduzzi Michael T. Loomans Michael Marson Dale Murphy: Former General Electric employee. Marlon Picken: Equity activist Ray Polawski Sebastian Popovici Barry Quinn: Former Burlington and Halton Regional councillor, justice of the peace and president of the Ontario police services board. Terry Whitehead: Former Ward 8 city councillor (2013–2018) Colleen Wicken: Former staffer for Whitehead. Ran in Ward 7 in 2022.

Results Candidate Vote % Rob Cooper 1,129 19.35 Terry Whitehead 1,042 17.86 Barry Quinn 917 15.72 Lohifa Pogoson Acker 806 13.81 Asuf Khokhar 396 6.79 Sonia Brown 334 5.72 Scott Duvall 322 5.52 Caleb Bosveld 215 3.68 Alex D. Ballagh 115 1.97 Colleen Wicken 104 1.78 Anthony Frisina 69 1.18 Kevin Gonci 63 1.08 Philip Bradshaw 51 0.87 Marlon Picken 46 0.79 Ralph Agostino 36 0.62 Joshua Czerniga 29 0.50 Andrew Fedurko 25 0.43 Frank Lenarduzzi 22 0.38 Michael Marson 22 0.38 Ray Polawski 19 0.33 Waleed Ali 18 0.31 Glenn Davies 17 0.29 Dale Murphy 15 0.26 Sebastian Popovici 15 0.26 Read Hansen 4 0.07 Michael T. Loomans 4 0.07

2022

Ward 8's incumbent councillor, John-Paul Danko, was first elected in 2018, and told the Hamilton Mountain News he would seek re-election in 2022. Danko registered for re-election on 26 May.

On 16 May, Antony Frisina, a member of the city's Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities, filed to run for Ward 8 councillor. Frisina, a previous winner of the Order of Hamilton, told CBC Hamilton he is not unhappy with Danko's work, but wants to see the city do more for those living with disabilities.

2018

Christopher Climie, a local real estate agent, was the first candidate to register on May 8, 2018."Incumbents Archer, Danko look to retain trustee seats in fall municipal vote," Hamilton Mountain News, May 15, 2018. Despite Climie's early entry into the race, he made no effort to campaign, not responding to any questions from local media, maintaining any campaign website or infrastructure, or appearing at any debates.

John-Paul Danko, runner up in the 2016 Ward 7 by-election, registered to run in Ward 8 on May 11, 2018. Danko, the husband of Ward 7 Public School Trustee Dawn Danko, began to publicly campaign for an appointment to city council after the winner of the 2016 by-election, Donna Skelly, was elected Progressive Conservative MPP for Flamborough—Glanbrook.Werner, Kevin. "Stoney Creek Coun. Maria Pearson supports 'experienced' candidate for Ward 7 vacancy," Hamilton Mountain News, June 15, 2018.

Colleen Wicken registered to seek the seat on June 28, 2018. Wicken, a staffer with Ward 8 Councillor Terry Whitehead and former chair of the Bonnington-Buchanan-Mohawk-Southam Neighbourhoods Association, had previously advocated for more police presence in student neighbourhoods and against the city's ward boundary changes.Fragomeni, Carmela. "Students on notice," Hamilton Spectator, September 8, 2010.Werner, Kevin. "Keep Hamilton's current ward boundary structure intact, say residents," Stoney Creek News, October 25, 2017. Danko ran on a platform of supporting the city's LRT project, reducing speeds on local streets, investing in infrastructure, and planning for intensification along Upper James Street.Danko, John Paul. "the issues," Danko For Council, accessed October 24, 2018.

On the final day of registrations, former Mississauga City Councillor and MP for Mississauga-Brampton South, Eve Adams, registered to seek the Ward 8 seat. Adams, who was elected as a Conservative in 2011 and crossed the floor to the Liberals prior to the 2015 election before losing a nomination battle to Marco Mendicino in the Toronto-area riding of Eglinton-Lawrence, had served on Mississauga City Council representing Ward 5 from 2003 to her election to Parliament in 2011. Adams, who has family in Hamilton, noted that she wanted to widen the Red Hill Valley Expressway and the 403, cancel the city's LRT project, and attract more businesses to Hamilton.Werner, Kevin. "Former Mississauga MP Eve Adams seeks Ward 8 council seat in Hamilton," Hamilton Mountain News, August 11, 2018, accessed August 11, 2018.

During the campaign, Ward 8 councillor Terry Whitehead, who was seeking election in Ward 14, mass-emailed constituents, accusing Wicken of stealing a contact list meant for Christmas cards for personal political gain and encouraging residents to report Wicken to the police. Wicken denied the accusation. Whitehead, who had endorsed Ruddick, requested the Hamilton Police open an investigation into the matter.Craggs, Samantha. "Whitehead claims office staffer grabbed constituent info for her own campaign," CBC Hamilton, September 26, 2018, accessed October 24, 2018.

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Ward 8 (Hamilton, Ontario)

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