Fred Eisenberger wins Hamilton's mayoral election; council adds 5 new faces

After four years out of office, Fred Eisenberger has won a second chance at serving as mayor of Hamilton.

With 100 per cent of the polls reporting, he led with 39.9 per cent of the vote. Rounding out the top three were outgoing councillors Brad Clark and Brian McHattie, who tallied 31.5 and 20.4 per cent of the vote, respectively. Voter turnout was a low 34.02 per cent, down from about 40 per cent four years ago.

He will lead a council with four new faces and a broader diversity of backgrounds, including the city's first African-Canadian councillor, its first openly gay councillor and adding a fourth woman to council.With his victory in Monday's election, Eisenberger, who was Hamilton's mayor from 2006 to 2010, will be the first person to serve more than one term as chief magistrate in the city's post-amalgamation history.

In addition to the new faces on council, the public school board is looking at seven new faces out of 11 seats.

In an interview with CBC Hamilton, Eisenberger said it feels "absolutely fantastic" to be the comeback kid, and that he was "thrilled" Hamilton would re-elect their former mayor.

"I've won some (elections) and I've lost some and I can tell you winning is a lot more fun," said Eisenberger.

He also congratulated fellow front-runners Clark and McHattie and thanked them for their years of service with the city.

He also said the new city council would be looking at the ideas they brought forward to see if the new council could incorporate those ideas.

"We've pretty much talked about the same thing but in different ways," Eisenberger said. "There are many good ideas, and I'm not going to dismiss any of them."

Four new councillors

Matthew Green, 33, has won in the race for Ward 3's council seat. (Supplied Photo)

With the election of four new councillors who ran to fill vacant seats, council will be more diverse in the coming term. Matthew Green, a 33-year-old African Canadian entrepreneur and social activist, will fill the Ward 3 seat that was held by Bernie Morelli from 1991 until his death in January. Aidan Johnson, a lawyer who is openly gay, is replacing McHattie as councillor for Ward 1. And city hall is adding another woman councillor: Arlene VanderBeek, who came out on top in the race to succeed Dundas's Russ Powers.

"I'm feeling pretty amazed by the work that we put in over the 365 days, culminating in the last 20 minutes," Green told CBC Hamilton about his win on Monday night. "My plan is to continue to do the work that's been started through all the campaign."

Of her election to council, VanderBeek said: "Tonight, the overriding feeling is the number of people who ordinarily never show political stripes, who went out on a limb to support me. That was overwhelming... It just proves to me what we really love about Dundas is that it's such a close community. It brought that home tonight."

Businessman Doug Conley has been elected as councillor of Ward 9, which Clark has represented since 2006.

Wave of wins for incumbents

All incumbents councillors in the running won re-election, most by huge margins. In the lower city, incumbents Jason Farr (Ward 2), Sam Merulla (Ward 4), Chad Collins (Ward 5) won re-election handily. Merulla picked up 80% of the vote, Collins 70%, Farr 66%.

Mountain councillors Tom Jackson (Ward 6), Scott Duvall (Ward 7) and Terry Whitehead (Ward 8) also received strong mandates. Flamborough councillors Judi Partridge (Ward 15) and Robert Pasuta (Ward 14) were re-elected, as well as Glanbrook's Brenda Johnson (Ward 11), Stoney Creek's Maria Pearson (Ward 10) and Ancaster's Lloyd Ferguson (Ward 12).

All of the incumbent councillors vying for re-election won their seats — including Flamborough's Judi Partridge. (Samantha Craggs/CBC)

After months at hinting at his intention to run, Eisenberger officially launched his campaign in late March of this year, just weeks after incumbent mayor Bob Bratina said he didn't plan on seeking a second term.

It was then that Eisenberger said he'd learned lessons since his last stint in office, which saw a protracted debate over where to locate the new Pan Am stadium. He lost his bid for re-election, coming third behind Bratina, the runaway winner, and another former mayor, Larry Di Ianni.

"I was somewhat impatient for change last time around," Eisenberger said in March, while filing his nomination papers. "I'm going to ensure I'm more patient this time around."

In a surprise to some observers, Eisenberger gained the public endorsement of former mayor Larry Di Ianni, whom he unseated in 2006's mayoral contest, in April.

LRT looms large in mayoral election

The plan to install a 13-kilometre, $860-million light-rail transit line across Hamilton's lower city has dominated the headlines over this year's municipal election cycle. Long ambivalent about the proposal, which the province has promised to fund in full, Bratina recently endorsed Clark, a Stoney Creek councillor who has come out as a staunch opponent of LRT. Clark has championed enhanced bus service as a cheaper, more sensible choice for Hamilton's public transportation needs.

Heralding a vision for a "New Hamilton," McHattie positioned himself as the most eager proponent of the LRT development. He said to go back on council's 2013 decision to go endorse the LRT plan – councillors made their support contingent on full funding from the province – would be a missed opportunity for Hamilton.

"It seems Brad Clark wants to let the entire provincial rapid transit investment go to another city," he said earlier in October.

Though a vocal LRT supporter, having advocated for the plan in his previous term as mayor, Eisenberger carved out ideological middle ground between Clark and McHattie, calling for a citizen's panel to assess the proposal.

Eisenberger, who spent two of the last four years as the CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute, has said he's "confident" the panel would end up endorsing the LRT plan.

New-look school boards

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board will look radically different in the next term. Seven new trustees — including Christine Bingham (Wards 1 and 2), Larry Pattison Jr. (Ward 3), Kathy Archer (Ward 6), Dawn Danko (Ward 7), Jeff Beattie (Wards 9 and 10), Greg Van Geffen (Ward 14) and Penny Deathe (Ward 15) — were elected to seats vacated by last term's incumbents. Ray Mulholland (Ward 4), Todd White (Ward 5), Wes Hicks (Ward 8) and Alex Johnstone (Wards 11 and 12) each held onto their seats.

Three new faces will serve on the Catholic school board. Aldo D'Intino defeated incumbent Sam Agostino in Ward 5. Anthony Perri (Wards 3 and 4) and Joseph Baiardo (Ward 6) won in races where incumbents weren't running. Mark Valvasori (Wards 1 and 2), John Valvasori (Ward 8) and Mary Nardini and Paul DiFrancesco (Wards 9, 10 and 11) were re-elected. Patrick Daly (Ward 7) and Carolyn Cornale (Wards 12, 13, 14, and 15) were each acclaimed.

Click on the tabs below to check out detailed results for Hamilton's mayoral, council and trustee races.

Mayor
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Michael Baldasaro	3518
IND	Ejaz Butt	1579
IND	Mike Clancy	821
IND	Brad Clark	38706
IND	Fred Eisenberger	49020
IND	Warrand Francis	278
IND	Nick Iamonico	444
IND	Crystal Lavigne	1910
IND	Brian Mchattie	25020
IND	Michael A. Pattison	763
IND	Phil Ryerson	269
IND	Ricky Tavares	428

Councillor - Ward 1
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Jason Allen	1050
IND	Tony Greco	1024
IND	Aidan Johnson	3030
IND	Brian Lewis	641
IND	Ira Rosen	600
IND	Sandy Shaw	2390

Councillor - Ward 2
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Ed Dallas	143
IND	Jason Farr	4078
IND	Kristina Heaton	658
IND	Ryan Henry	108
IND	John Vail	373
IND	Terri Wallis	786

Councillor - Ward 3
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Ralph Agostino	1229
IND	Maria Anastasiou	93
IND	Bob Assadourian	330
IND	Mark Dimillo	525
IND	Sean Gibson	361
IND	Matthew Green	2852
IND	Jol Hess	21
IND	Eva John	55
IND	Brian Kelly	172
IND	Victor Mejia	42
IND	Byron Wayne Millette	73
IND	Drina Omazic	825
IND	Carlos Pinho	51
IND	Tim Simmons	334
IND	Bernie Szajkowski	41

Councillor - Ward 4
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	John Laurie	230
IND	Sam Merulla	5654
IND	Lorna Moreau	407
IND	Tina Whalen	563

Councillor - Ward 5
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	David Brown	1134
IND	Chad Collins	6138
IND	George Rusich	1133
IND	Larry Storm	170

Councillor - Ward 6
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Tom Jackson	7886
IND	Brad Olynchuk	745
IND	Dan Rodrigues	1125

Councillor - Ward 7
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Keith Beck	1562
IND	Greg Burghall	1065
IND	Scott Duvall	9956

Councillor - Ward 8
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Joshua Peter Czerniga	2870
IND	Terry Whitehead	9364

Councillor - Ward 9
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Lee Austin	81
IND	Doug Conley	1750
IND	Nancy Fiorentino	1381
IND	Cam Galindo	1294
IND	Tone Marrone	194
IND	Geraldine Mcmullen	682
IND	Marie Robbins	1063
IND	Christopher Rosser	52
IND	Frank Rukavina	189

Councillor - Ward 10
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Teresa Difalco	2390
IND	Maria Pearson	4090
IND	Luana Yachetti	568

Councillor - Ward 11
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Brenda Johnson	7873
IND	Vincenzo Rigitano	1561

Councillor - Ward 12
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Grace Bryson	650
IND	Lloyd Ferguson	7313
IND	John F. F. Iachelli	727
IND	Anthony Nicholl	596

Councillor - Ward 13
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Mark Coull	283
IND	Rick Court	1285
IND	Pamela Mitchell	82
IND	Kevin Norton	77
IND	Marc Rhéal Risdale	397
IND	Danya Scime	516
IND	Christeen Urquhart	53
IND	Arlene Vanderbeek	3468
IND	Toby Yull	1988

Councillor - Ward 14
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Steven Knowles	170
IND	Robert Pasuta	3451
IND	Scott Stewart	421

Councillor - Ward 15
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Neil Bos	1724
IND	Judi Partridge	3879

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustee - Wards 1 & 2
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Christine Bingham	3337
IND	Chris Erl	1335
IND	Brian Gage	2503
IND	Simon Granat	1739
IND	Ed Sculthorpe	1938

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustee - Ward 3
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Michael Adkins	1237
IND	Steven Paul Denault	453
IND	Jeremy Paul Fritchley	315
IND	Erick Monterroza	977
IND	Larry Thomas Jr. Pattison	1587

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustee - Ward 4
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Linda Chenoweth	651
IND	Cindy Kennedy	954
IND	Sandra Lindsay	882
IND	Ray E. Mulholland	2410

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustee - Ward 5
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Cahl Brown	1162
IND	Todd White	3608

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustee - Ward 6
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Kathy Archer	2094
IND	Angie Armstrong	636
IND	Allan Miles	1632
IND	Eamon O'donnell	1542
IND	Tanya Prosser	371

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustee - Ward 7
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Dawn Danko	5593
IND	Marlon Picken	1443
IND	Sarah Warry-poljanski	1385

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustee - Ward 8
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Wes Hicks	5503
IND	Chris Litfin	2053

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustee - Wards 9 & 10
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Jeff Beattie	3260
IND	Stefanie Sheils	2196
IND	Greg Sinasac	1895

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustee - Wards 11 & 12
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Mike Bell	3070
IND	Alex Johnstone	5190
IND	Serena Samuel	3986

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustee - Wards 13 & 14
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Bob Maton	3644
IND	Greg Van Geffen	5166
IND	Christopher Yendt	701

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Trustee - Ward 15
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Penny Deathe	2137
IND	Nick Lauwers	2126

Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board Trustee - Wards 1 & 2
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Al Ptasinskas	367
IND	Mark Valvasori	1774

Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board Trustee - Wards 3 & 4
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Louis Agro	409
IND	Frank Ciotti	616
IND	George Harbottle	129
IND	Anthony Mamone	340
IND	Brian Nestor	365
IND	Anthony Perri	1307

Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board Trustee - Ward 5
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Sam Agostino	1235
IND	Diane Bubanko	392
IND	Aldo D'intino	1544

Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board Trustee - Ward 6
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Joseph Baiardo	1794
IND	Ed Pecyna	1036

Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board Trustee - Ward 7
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status

IND	Patrick Daly	0

Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board Trustee - Ward 8
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Tad Brudzinski	408
IND	Sergio Manchia	849
IND	John Valvasori	2875

Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board Trustee - Wards 9, 10 & 11
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Paul Difrancesco	5540
IND	Bernard Josipovic	1610
IND	Mary Nardini	5451

Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board Trustee - Wards 12, 13, 14 & 15
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status

IND	Carolyn Cornale	0

Conseil Scolaire Viamonde Trustee
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Malika Attou	96
IND	Pierre Girouard	165

Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique Centre-Sud Trustee
Party	Candidate	Votes

IND	Mulomba Samuel Kalonji	151
IND	Marcel Levesque	612

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