Hamilton’s municipal election will be held on Oct. 26, 2026, and three candidates are registered to run for Ward 11 City Councillor (Glanbrook–Binbrook–Mount Hope): Damon Mombourquette, Aaron Post, and Mark Tadeson.
MARK TADESON (INCUMBENT)
Campaign Email: mark@tadeson4ward11.ca
Campaign Website: www.tadeson4ward11.ca
Mark Tadeson grew up in Glanbrook, raised his family in the area and lives in the ward with his wife Heidi.
He worked for 30 years as an educator with Hamilton’s public-school board, including 18 of those years as a principal.
During this term of Council, Tadeson voted in favour of police budget increases, passing the Encampment Protocol, which allowed encampments on public property including parks, the Vacant Unit Tax, the plan for 40 tiny homes on the city’s Barton-Tiffany lands, and ending the city poet program to save money amid a 5.6 per cent property tax increase.
He voted against a 5.85 per cent property tax increase in 2023, a 5.79 property tax increase in 2024, the stormwater fee rain tax program, and against putting a one year pause on AI data centre applications.
More details on his voting record can be viewed on a new website called www.hamiltoncouncilwatch.ca.
DAMON MOMBOURQUETTE
Campaign Email: votedamonward11@outlook.com
Campaign Website: www.votedamon.ca
Damon Mombourquette says that he was raised “in a local blue-collar semi-rural family.”
He is a 310T Truck and Coach Technician with Brandt in Stoney Creek and also has a background working at a local farm in the ward.
His LinkedIn profile states that he is also an Executive Board Member for the Flamborough–Glanbrook–Brant North Electoral District Association.
His website says that his priorities are ensuring responsible growth, capping taxes, and delivering safer streets.
He writes that there should be “no more investments into failed projects” and that the city requires “strong, competent governance and planning.”
AARON POST
Campaign Email: aaronpost1996@gmail.com
Campaign Website: Not Available at Publish Date
Aaron Post founded and operates Tall Post Craft Cider in Hannon.
ELECTORAL HISTORY
2010 Election: Brenda Johnson won with 42.12 per cent of the vote (4,410 votes), with incumbent David Mitchell second with 39.78 per cent (4,165 votes).
2014 Election: Brenda Johnson won with 83.45 per cent of the vote (7,873 votes), with Vincenzo Rigitano second.
2018 Election: Brenda Johnson won with 87.97 per cent of the vote (6,129 votes), with Waleed Shewayhat second.
2022 Election: Brenda Johnson announced she would not be running again and Mark Tadeson was elected with 37.99 per cent of the vote (2,829 votes), with Nick Lauwers second with 36.88 per cent (2,746 votes).
WARD DESCRIPTION
As of the 2021 census, the ward had 27,675 residents.
Ward 11 is Glanbrook–Binbrook–Mount Hope and includes areas such as Binbrook, North Glanford, Mount Hope, Woodburn, Glanford Station, Blackheath, Sinclairville, and Tyneside.
It is bordered by the hydro corridor south of Rymal Road and Regional Road 20 to the north, Haldibrook Road to the south, Glancaster Road to the west, and Westbrook Road (the Hamilton/Niagara Region border) to the east.
Ward 11 is home to Binbrook Conservation Area and John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport.
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