Downtown Sparrow : IELECT HAMILTON
Turning Out the Vote Has the Potential for Big Change
“If you live in Wards 1, 2, or 3 and you voted in the 2018 municipal election, you were among 23,701 residents from the three downtown wards who did.”
Turning Out the Vote Has the Potential for Big Change
“If you live in Wards 1, 2, or 3 and you voted in the 2018 municipal election, you were among 23,701 residents from the three downtown wards who did.”
Speculation on Hamilton’s 2022 Municipal Election
With guest commentator John Best of The Bay Observer
“During a recent interview, IELECT co-chair Graham Crawford said he expects the mayoral race, along with various ward races, to be heavily contested. IELECT is encouraging candidates to run in every ward. He wasn’t surprised when 21 people applied to city hall to represent Ward 5 after former councillor Chad Collins resigned to become the Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Liberal MP. “We do see a change (in council) in the election,” he said. “When you have new councillors, you have a better council.”
“Local grassroots group IELECT, which is in the midst of a campaign urging voters to spur large-scale turnover on council, retweeted responses to Loomis’ Twitter announcement of his mayoral bid and wished him luck.”https://www.thespec.com/news/council/2022/01/19/hamilton-municipal-2022-election-keanin-loomis-mayoral-candidate.html
Keanin Loomis running for mayor, will step down as CEO of Hamilton Chamber of Commerce. “The group iElect Hamilton has been advocating for new candidates to unseat some current councillors.”
Interview with Ryan Moran and Mikaela Comella, two of the citizens behind Ielect Hamilton, whose vision is simple: to elect new leadership for a better Hamilton
IELECT Hamilton taps into Hamiltonians’ ‘frustration’ for bold leadership