Andrea Horwath Defeated in Hamilton, Keanin Loomis to Serve as Next Mayor
Loomis won with 42% of the vote as Hamilton voters chose eight new councillors and turned out less than 32%, officials said.
- On Monday, October 26, 2026, Keanin Loomis won the Hamilton mayoral race, defeating incumbent Andrea Horwath, who finished third in the municipal election.
- Loomis, president and CEO of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, garnered nearly 42 percent of the vote, securing victory after his previous mayoral attempt against Horwath in 2022.
- Former Ward 8 councillor Rob Cooper placed second with 32 percent of the vote, while Horwath received only 15 percent after spending nearly three decades in politics.
- Hamilton voters delivered major change to city hall, voting out five councillors and bringing eight new faces to the Hamilton City Council, the largest turnover since amalgamation.
- Loomis promised to make Hamilton safer, get taxes "under control," and implement "firm and fair management of public spaces" by moving people into housing and shelters.
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Who is Keanin Loomis, Hamilton's new American-born mayor?
Four years after narrowly losing Hamilton’s mayoral election, Keanin Loomis completed his political comeback Monday night. “Hamilton loves a comeback. It’s a comeback city,” the mayor-elect told CP24 as he celebrated an apparent decisive win over opponents Rob Cooper and incumbent Andrea Horwath. “It’s poised for a comeback as well, because tonight is the night that we change and we’re headed in a different direction.” While results are still un…
Hamilton voters hand decisive rejection of Andrea Horwath, five councilors in stunning revolt
In a stunning repudiation, Hamilton voters turned their backs on the Andrea Horwath regime, handing Keanin Loomis the Hamilton mayoralty by a wide plurality. Loomis garnered nearly 42 percent of the vote with 61,000 votes. Rob Cooper came out of nowhere finishing second with 46,573 votes or 32 percent of the vote. For Horwath it was a crushing rejection, unprecedented in memory, which saw her drop nearly 40,000 votes from 2022 to 21,000 good for…
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NiagaraFallsReview.caKeanin Loomis is Hamilton's next mayor: 'We stayed, we listened and we came back'
Loomis received nearly 42 per cent of ballots cast.
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