Hamilton’s municipal election will be held on Oct. 26, 2026, and six candidates are registered to run for Ward 4 City Councillor in Hamilton East: Todd Anderson, Jason Farr, Tammy Hwang, Jemma Lambert, Tony Mamone, and Tobin Tuff.
TAMMY HWANG (INCUMBENT)
Campaign Email: hello@tammyhwang.ca
Campaign Website: www.tammyhwang.ca
Tammy Hwang’s family immigrated from Taiwan and she initially worked at her family’s business, Babe’s Jubilee Store before working as a Business Development Officer for the City of Hamilton Economic Development Department.
Hwang also co-founded CoMotion on King, a coworking space in Downtown Hamilton.
Hwang was elected in the 2022 municipal election in her first run for City Council after incumbent Sam Merulla retired.
During this term of Council, Hwang has voted in favour of 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, and keeping the city poet program in 2025 amid a 5.6 per cent property tax increase.
She voted against increasing the Hamilton Police Service budget in 2023 and 2024 and against a motion to pause AI data centre applications for one year.
More details on her voting record can be viewed on a new website called www.hamiltoncouncilwatch.ca.
TODD ANDERSON
Campaign Email: toddmanderson62@gmail.com
Campaign Website: Not Available at Publish Date
Todd Anderson has worked in the asphalt and construction industry, has been a local landlord for the past 20 years, and renovates properties.
He lists his priorities as safer streets and parks, infrastructure, crisis response, and fiscal responsibility.
JASON FARR
Campaign Email: farrfor4@gmail.com
Campaign Website: Not Available at Publish Date
Jason Farr had a 22-year career in radio and television in Hamilton before being elected to Hamilton City Council in Ward 2 (Downtown Hamilton) in 2010. He was re-elected in 2014 and 2018.
In April 2022, Farr was nominated for the Ontario Liberal Party under Steven Del Duca and ran in Hamilton East–Stoney Creek in the June 2022 Ontario provincial election, finishing third with 21.07 per cent of the vote.
Farr describes himself as “East Hamilton born and raised” and as a husband and dad.
His campaign literature says he brings “experience, devotion, and trustworthiness.”
He has been strongly criticizing Tammy Hwang’s vote against a one-year pause of AI data centre applications in the city.
JEMMA LAMBERT
Campaign Email: hamiltonagainstai@tutamail.com
Campaign Website: Not Available at Publish Date
Jemma Lambert’s social media indicates that she has lived in Hamilton since 2025, having previously lived in Oshawa.
She ran for Regional Council in Oshawa’s Ward 3 in 2022, finishing second out of two candidates.
Her Instagram says she wants to “abolish the police, end homelessness, build community, [and] fight fascists big and small at every turn in every way.”
TONY MAMONE
Campaign Email: tonymamoneward4@gmail.com
Campaign Website: Not Available at Publish Date
The Hamilton Independent was unable to confirm the identity of the candidate.
TOBIN TUFF
Campaign Email: tobin@tobintuff.ca
Campaign Website: Not Available at Publish Date
The Hamilton Independent was unable to confirm the identity of the candidate.
ELECTORAL HISTORY
2010 Election: Sam Merulla, who had already served for two terms, won re-election with 82.41 per cent of the vote (6,787 votes).
2014 Election: Sam Merulla won re-election with 82.49 per cent of the vote (5,654 votes).
2018 Election: Sam Merulla won re-election with 78.35 per cent of the vote (6,913 votes).
2022 Election: Tammy Hwang was elected with 23.00 per cent of the vote (2,101 votes), followed by Eric Tuck with 19.88 per cent (1,816 votes), and Alex Johnstone with 17.35 per cent (1,585 votes) in an 11-candidate race.
WARD DESCRIPTION
As of the 2021 census, the ward had 39,330 residents.
Ward 4 is Hamilton East and includes neighbourhoods such as Parkview West, Parkview East, Crown Point East, Homeside, Normanhurst, McQuesten West, McQuesten East, Delta East, Bartonville, Glenview West, Glenview East, and Rosedale.
It is bordered by the Escarpment to the south, Hamilton Harbour to the north, Ottawa Street to the west, and the Red Hill Valley Parkway to the east.
Ward 4 is home to ArcelorMittal Dofasco, Montgomery Park, King’s Forest Golf Course, and the Centre Mall.
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.
