Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, 2018
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The fifteen wards of the City of Hamilton contested in the 2014 election. Council has indicated a need to redraw the city's ward boundaries for the 2018 election.
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The 2018 Hamilton municipal election will occur on October 22, 2018, as per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, 1996. Electors in Hamilton will be selecting one Mayor, members of the Hamilton, Ontario City Council and members of both English and French Public and Catholic School Boards.
In June 2012, councillors committed $260,000 to conduct a study that would examine boundary reform in 2015, with a proposal to come forward regarding changes for the 2018 Municipal Election. This was following the 2006-2010 and 2010-2014 councils opting to push an examination of ward boundaries into the next council term.
The issue arose during the 2014 municipal election, with Hamilton's three top mayoral contenders supporting ward boundary reform during their campaigns. In early 2015, councillors approved city staff's request to put out a call for proposals for the consultants who would examine ward boundaries. The successful bidders, Watson and Associates Economists Ltd., then began a process of public consultation and examination. Throughout February, 2016, community consolation meetings were held across Hamilton to inform the public and collect feedback from residents.
City staff's timeline for the project indicates the new bylaw should be in place by 2016, altering ward boundaries in time for the 2018 election.
The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board's attempt to reallocate the ward boundaries for trustees in 2013 also resulted in the decision to task the 2014–2018 Board with examining ward boundary reform after city council redraws boundaries.
Following the 2014 provincial election, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Ted McMeekin, announced the province would be reexamining the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 to determine if the length and voting systems of Ontario's municipal elections needed alterations. Part of the reexamination was a proposal that would have allowed municipalities to adopt a ranked ballot system for the 2018 municipal elections.
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