Municipal Election

Hamilton, Ontario (October 24, 2022) - Andrea Holland, City Clerk for the City of Hamilton is responsible for the administration of the 2022 Municipal & School Board Election for the City.

It has come to the Clerk’s attention that a number of voting places experienced delays opening on voting day, October 24, 2022, and as a result did not open at 10 am as required pursuant to section 46 of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.

To ensure a uniform 10 hour voting window across all voting locations, the City Clerk has declared an emergency pursuant to Section 53 of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996. In accordance with her authority to make such arrangements as she considers advisable for the conduct of the election and in a method consistent with the principles of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, there will be an extension of the voting place hours for the affected voting places to ensure a full 10 hours of voting is available for voters at those voting locations.

Affected Voting Locations

The full list of updated closing times for affected voting places:

The emergency declaration shall expire once the last voting place is closed in accordance with the updated closing times outlined above.

All results for the 2022 Municipal and School Board Election will be made available at the close of all polls. Results will be released once the last poll is closed at 9:20 pm.