Hamilton’s municipal election will be held on Oct. 26, 2026, and seven candidates are registered to run for Ward 3 City Councillor in East Hamilton Centre: Wade Campbell, Christine Cayuga, Christopher DeMelo, Nrinder Nann, Andrew Selman, Graham Schreiber, and Kristeen Sprague.
NRINDER NANN (INCUMBENT)
Campaign Email: vote@nannforward3.ca
Campaign Website: www.nannforward3.ca
Nrinder Nann has worked as the National Representative of Youth Issues for the Canadian Labour Congress from 1998 to 2004 in Ottawa, Ontario, as Director of Education and Development for 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (the largest union local in North America) in New York from 2004 to 2008, as Manager of Community Development in Toronto from 2009 to 2012, Campaign Director for Matthew Green’s Ward 3 City Council Campaign in Hamilton in 2014, and Owner, Holistic Nutritionist, and Coach of Nourishing Health, a holistic wellness studio in Hamilton.
Nann was elected in the 2018 municipal election in her first run for City Council after incumbent Matthew Green decided to seek the federal NDP nomination in Hamilton Centre for the 2019 federal election.
During this term of Council, Nann voted in favour of the city’s new hire COVID vaccination mandate, increasing Hamilton’s property taxes by 5.85 per cent in 2023, implementing the rain tax stormwater fee program, allowing encampments on public property, including parks, through the Encampment Protocol, collecting the Vacant Unit Tax, increasing property taxes by 5.79 per cent in 2024, keeping the city poet program in 2025 amid a 5.6 per cent property tax increase, and pausing AI data centre applications for one year.
She voted against increasing the Hamilton Police Service budget in 2023 and 2024.
More details on her voting record can be viewed on a new website called www.hamiltoncouncilwatch.ca.
WADE CAMPBELL
Campaign Email: wadeforward3councillor@gmail.com
Campaign Website: Not Available at Publish Date
The Hamilton Independent was unable to find further information about the candidate.
CHRISTINE CAYUGA
Campaign Email: cayugaward3@gmail.com
Campaign Website: www.christinecayugaward3.com
Christine Cayuga describes herself as “a proud Mohawk woman from Six Nations.”
She is the owner of Gage Park Diner and has also worked in non-profit housing, as a cashier, in the food industry, and office administration.
CHRISTOPHER DE MELO
Campaign Email: demelo.christopher@gmail.com
Campaign Website: www.demeloforcouncil.ca
Christopher De Melo’s website says that he moved to Hamilton from Mississauga in 2020.
He works as a Custodian and Maintenance Worker in the Peel District School Board and says he is a “lifelong union activist.”
He lists his priorities as better roads, raising housing standards, and responding to homelessness.
ANDREW SELMAN
Campaign Email: andrewselmanward3@gmail.com
Campaign Website: www.voteandrewselman.com
Andrew Selman is a professional data and compliance analyst with Concentrix, a Fortune 500 technology and services company.
Selman has made local headlines a number of times over the past few years, speaking against encampments in parks, drug use in public spaces, and the Barton-Tiffany tiny shelter debacle.
His website states, “We need to stop throwing our money at expensive consultants, freeze the runaway hiring that added nearly 1,000 new bureaucrats in just four years, and protect our city reserves so we can finally put an end to these punishing tax hikes.”
GRAHAM SCHREIBER
Campaign Email: ward3.conversation@outlook.com
Campaign Website: Not Available at Publish Date
Graham Schreiber writes on Facebook that he is a “passionate community volunteer and enterprise consultant” who worked in global RV and tourism sales from 1998 to 2021.
He lists his priorities as public safety, ending drug trafficking and open drug use, enforcing property standards, and responsible government.
KRISTEEN SPRAGUE
Campaign Email: kristeensprague89@gmail.com
Campaign Website: Not Available at Publish Date
Kristeen Sprague is a local transgender advocate who also ran in 2018, finishing 11th out of 13 candidates with 120 votes (1.56 per cent).
ELECTORAL HISTORY
2010 Election: Bernie Morelli, who was first elected to City Council in 1991, was elected with 44.66 per cent of the vote (3,186 votes) with Paul Tetley finishing second.
2014 Election: Matthew Green was elected with 40.72 per cent of the vote (2,852 votes) with Ralph Agostino finishing second in a 15-candidate race.
2018 Election: Nrinder Nann was elected with 33.96 per cent of the vote (2,618 votes) in a 13-candidate race, with Laura Farr in second with 19.08 per cent and now-Conservative Member of Parliament Ned Kuruc in third with 13.83 per cent.
2022 Election: Nrinder Nann was re-elected with 50.33 per cent of the vote (4,334 votes) in a five-candidate race, with Walter Furlan in second with 34.23 per cent.
WARD DESCRIPTION
As of the 2021 census, the ward had 43,195 residents.
Ward 3 is East Hamilton Centre and includes neighbourhoods such Landsdale, Gibson, Stipley, Crown Point West, Stinson, St. Clair, Blakeley and Delta West.
It is bordered by the Escarpment to the south, Hamilton Harbour to the north, Wellington Street North to the west, and Ottawa Street to the east.
Ward 3 is home to Stelco, ArcelorMittal Dofasco, Hamilton General Hospital, St. Peter’s Hospital, Hamilton Stadium (formerly Tim Hortons Field), and Gage Park.
Based in Hamilton, he reaches hundreds of thousands of people monthly on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. He has been published in The Hamilton Spectator, Stoney Creek News, and Bay Observer. He has also been a segment host with Cable 14 Hamilton. In 2017, he received the Chancellor Full Tuition Scholarship from the University of Ottawa (BA, 2022). He has also received the Governor General’s Academic Medal. He formerly worked in a non-partisan role on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
