Keanin Loomis Wins Hamilton Mayoral Race as City Posts Unofficial Results

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Updated: 27 October 2026, 11:54 a.m. EDT

Keanin Loomis has won Hamilton’s mayoral election, with the city’s unofficial results naming him mayor-elect after voting on Monday, 26 October. Incumbent Andrea Horwath finished third, behind Loomis and councillor Rob Cooper.

The city’s results dashboard, checked Tuesday morning with all 237 polls reporting, showed Loomis with 61,040 votes, or 41.77%. Cooper had 46,573 votes, or 31.87%, while Horwath received 21,223 votes, or 14.52%.

The figures put Loomis 14,467 votes ahead of Cooper. The city recorded 147,196 ballots cast and turnout of 31.59% across the municipality. The results remain unofficial pending certification by the city clerk.

CP24 reported Loomis’s victory on Monday night, when most polls had reported. The former Hamilton Chamber of Commerce head most recently served as president and chief executive of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction.

The result reverses the outcome of the 2022 mayoral contest, when Horwath defeated Loomis by 1,663 votes. In his victory speech, Loomis pledged to improve basic services, make city hall more responsive and work with business and labour leaders to protect steel-industry jobs, according to CP24.

The city’s Tuesday results page lists the incoming mayor and ward councillors. It says official results are expected in the coming days after the clerk’s certification.

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