Editing Hamilton, Ontario (section)

==Government==
{{Main|Politics of Hamilton, Ontario}}
{{See also|Hamilton City Council (Ontario)|Category:Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario}}
Citizens of Hamilton are represented at all three levels of Canadian government: federal, provincial, and municipal. Hamilton is represented in the [[Parliament of Canada]] by five [[Members of Parliament (Canada)|members of Parliament]] and in the [[Legislature of Ontario]] by five [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|members of Provincial Parliament]].

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right"
|+ Federal MPs for Hamilton, Ontario
|-
! colspan="2"|Party
! Name
! Electoral District
! First elected
|-
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Dan Muys]]||style="text-align:left;" |[[Flamborough—Glanbrook (federal electoral district)|Flamborough—Glanbrook]]|| [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]]
|-
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Aslam Rana]]||style="text-align:left;" |[[Hamilton Centre (federal electoral district)|Hamilton Centre]]|| [[2025 Canadian federal election|2025]]
|-
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Ned Kuruc]]||style="text-align:left;" |[[Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (federal electoral district)|Hamilton East—Stoney Creek]]|| 2025
|-
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Lisa Hepfner]]||style="text-align:left;" |[[Hamilton Mountain (federal electoral district)|Hamilton Mountain]]|| 2021
|-
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[John-Paul Danko]]||style="text-align:left;" |[[Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (federal electoral district)|Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas]]|| [[2015 Canadian federal election|2025]]
|-
|colspan="5"; style="text-align:left;" |<small>Ref:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search |publisher=Parliament of Canada |title=Current Members of Parliament: Ontario |access-date=14 May 2025 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506154717/https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/search?province=ON |url-status=dead}}</ref></small>
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right"
|+ Provincial MPPs for Hamilton, Ontario
|-
! colspan="2"|Party
! Name
! Electoral District
! First elected
|-
{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Donna Skelly]]||style="text-align:left;" |[[Flamborough—Glanbrook (provincial electoral district)|Flamborough—Glanbrook]]|| [[2018 Ontario general election|2018]]
|-
{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Robin Lennox]]||style="text-align:left;" |[[Hamilton Centre (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton Centre]]|| [[2025 Ontario general election|2025]]
|-
{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Neil Lumsden]]||style="text-align:left;" |[[Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton East—Stoney Creek]]|| [[2022 Ontario general election|2022]]
|-
{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Monica Ciriello]]||style="text-align:left;" |[[Hamilton Mountain (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton Mountain]]|| [[2025 Ontario general election|2025]]
|-
{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|row-name}}
|style="text-align:left;" |[[Sandy Shaw (politician)|Sandy Shaw]]||style="text-align:left;" |[[Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas]]|| 2018
|-
|colspan="5"; style="text-align:left;" |<small>Ref:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ola.org/en/members/current |title=Current MPPs |website=Legislative Assembly of Ontario |access-date=23 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124002313/https://www.ola.org/en/members/current |archive-date=24 January 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{reflist|group=a}}</small>
|}

[[File:Birds-Eye View of Hamilton City Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Hamilton City Hall]] is the [[Hamilton City Council (Ontario)|seat of municipal government]].]]
Hamilton's municipal government has a mayor, elected citywide, and 15 city councillors—one per city ward—to serve on the Hamilton City Council. The province grants the Hamilton City Council authority to govern through the Municipal Act of Ontario.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Statutes/English/01m25_e.htm |title=Municipal Act, 2001 (Requires navigation to article) |publisher=Ontario |access-date=January 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621231757/http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Statutes/English/01m25_e.htm |archive-date=June 21, 2007}}</ref> Hamilton's current mayor is [[Andrea Horwath]], elected on [[2022 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election|October 24, 2022]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hamilton.ca/city-council/council-committee/city-council-members/mayors-office |title=Mayor's Office - Mayor Andrea Horwath |first=City of |last=Hamilton |date=28 December 2022 |website=www.hamilton.ca |access-date=23 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124000104/https://www.hamilton.ca/city-council/council-committee/city-council-members/mayors-office |archive-date=24 January 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Hamilton's next municipal election will be held in 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Municipal Elections {{!}} AMO |url=https://www.amo.on.ca/about-us/municipal-101/municipal-elections |access-date=December 20, 2023 |website=www.amo.on.ca |archive-date=January 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110054351/https://www.amo.on.ca/about-us/municipal-101/municipal-elections |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hamilton is served by four school boards: the English language [[Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board]] and [[Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board]] and the French language [[Conseil scolaire Viamonde]] and [[Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir]]. Each school board is governed by trustees. The English language school boards are represented by trustees elected from wards in Hamilton. The HWDSB has 11 trustees and the HWCDB has 9 trustees. The French language school boards are represented by one trustee each from Hamilton and the surrounding area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ontario School Board Trustees - French-language School Boards |url=https://www.acepo.org/en/about/school-board-trustees/ |access-date=May 5, 2021 |website=Acepo |language=en-CA |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505132838/https://www.acepo.org/en/about/school-board-trustees/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:JohnWeirFooteVCArmouries.JPG|thumb|left|John Weir Foote V.C. Armoury is a [[Canadian Forces]] facility that houses several regiments based in Hamilton.]]
The [[Canadian Armed Forces|Canadian Military]] maintains a presence in Hamilton, with the [[John Weir Foote|John Weir Foote Armoury]] in the downtown core on James Street North, housing the [[Royal Hamilton Light Infantry]] as well as the 11th Field Hamilton-Wentworth Battery and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada. The Hamilton Reserve Barracks on Pier Nine houses the [[Canadian Forces Primary Reserve|naval reserve]] division {{HMCS|Star}}, 23 Service Battalion and the 23 Field Ambulance.<ref>{{Cite book |last=English |first=John A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RvK3DAAAQBAJ&q=%22hamilton%22+23+Service+Battalion+and+the+23+Field+Ambulance&pg=PA177 |title=The Canadian Army & Normandy Campaign |date=August 18, 2009 |publisher=Stackpole Books |isbn=978-1-4617-5185-4 |language=en |access-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324020508/https://books.google.com/books?id=RvK3DAAAQBAJ&q=%22hamilton%22+23+Service+Battalion+and+the+23+Field+Ambulance&pg=PA177#v=onepage&q=%22hamilton%22%2023%20Service%20Battalion%20and%20the%2023%20Field%20Ambulance&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Crime===
The [[Criminal Code of Canada]] is the chief piece of legislation defining criminal conduct and penalty. The [[Hamilton Police Service]] is chiefly responsible for the enforcement of federal and provincial law. Although the Hamilton Police Service has authority to enforce, bylaws passed by the Hamilton City Council are mainly enforced by Provincial Offences Officers employed by the City of Hamilton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Statutes/English/90p33_e.htm#1.(3) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704233807/http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Statutes/English/90p33_e.htm#1.(3) |archive-date=July 4, 2007 |title=Provincial Offences Act (Requires navigation to article) |publisher=Ontario |access-date=January 4, 2008}}</ref>

In 2020, the city saw 18 murders and 51 shootings (up from 47 in 2019), the most shootings the city seen in at least a decade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamilton reports historic low in homicides for 2022, but shootings still high: police - Hamilton {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9441630/hamilton-historic-low-in-homicides-2022/ |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=Global News |language=en-CA |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804055815/https://globalnews.ca/news/9441630/hamilton-historic-low-in-homicides-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |date=April 13, 2021 |title=Number and rate of homicide victims, by Census Metropolitan Areas |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510007101 |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=Statistics Canada |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519155616/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510007101 |url-status=live }}</ref> 2021 saw the homicides in the city increase to 20, giving the city a rate of around 3.5 per 100,000 residents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=January 1, 2021 |title=Hamilton, Ontario 2021 Homicide Victim List - Homicide Canada |url=https://homicidecanada.com/hamilton-ontario-2021-homicide-victim-list/ |access-date=August 24, 2023 |website=homicidecanada.com |language=en-CA |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804055818/https://homicidecanada.com/hamilton-ontario-2021-homicide-victim-list/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto"/> Hamilton ranked first in Canada for police-reported hate crimes in 2016, with 12.5 hate crimes per 100,000 population.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2018001/article/54915-eng.htm |title=Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2016 |last=Gaudet |first=Maxime |date=April 25, 2018 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=October 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021102435/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2018001/article/54915-eng.htm |archive-date=October 21, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Organized crime]] also has a notable presence in Hamilton<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nicole |first=O'Reilly |date=March 3, 2020 |title=Mob wars: An early history of Mafia in Hamilton |language=en-CA |work=The Hamilton Spectator |url=https://www.thespec.com/news/crime/2020/01/03/mob-wars-an-early-history-of-mafia-in-hamilton.html |access-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404155040/https://www.thespec.com/news/crime/2020/01/03/mob-wars-an-early-history-of-mafia-in-hamilton.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with three centralized Mafia organizations: the [[Luppino crime family]], the [[Papalia crime family]], and the [[Musitano crime family]].<ref name="Mobsters free">{{cite news |title=Unease as mobsters set free |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=b9fa5e38-48cb-40a0-b390-cbcd989d6e37 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629210748/http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=b9fa5e38-48cb-40a0-b390-cbcd989d6e37 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2013 |newspaper=National Post |access-date=June 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thespec.com/news-story/7285963-a-short-history-of-mob-violence-in-hamilton/ |title=A short history of mob violence in Hamilton |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |date=May 3, 2017 |publisher=thespec.com |access-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095224/https://www.thespec.com/news-story/7285963-a-short-history-of-mob-violence-in-hamilton/ |archive-date=February 2, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Street gangs such as the Original/Oriental Blood Brothers & the Oriole Crescent Crips,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-12-06 |title=Police nab leader, drugs in bid to break gang |language=en |work=The Hamilton Spectator |url=https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/police-nab-leader-drugs-in-bid-to-break-gang/article_c16ec6c1-391e-5faf-8d93-7b4001f284f8.html |access-date=August 4, 2023 |issn=1189-9417 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804055816/https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/police-nab-leader-drugs-in-bid-to-break-gang/article_c16ec6c1-391e-5faf-8d93-7b4001f284f8.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Spectator |first=Paul Morse The Hamilton |date=2007-10-17 |title=Criminal enterprise |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/criminal-enterprise/article_0801cf50-3196-5807-808f-74b6edd216e2.html |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=Toronto Star |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804055806/https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/criminal-enterprise/article_0801cf50-3196-5807-808f-74b6edd216e2.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and biker crews such as [[Satan's Choice MC]] and the [[Hells Angels]] also have presence in Hamilton.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/hail-hail-the-gangs-all-here/article_f08a41d9-24b0-5c07-8e19-99cdf26c6e8a.html? |title=Hail, hail, the gang's all here |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |publisher=thespec.com |date=June 7, 2011 |access-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804160910/https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/hail-hail-the-gangs-all-here/article_f08a41d9-24b0-5c07-8e19-99cdf26c6e8a.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/2216330-hamilton-biker-johnny-k-9-embroiled-in-b-c-gang-murder-plot/?li_source=li&li_medium=mobile_ymbii&li_pl=9be55fbe-23d9-4632-a50c-9b60fb3783f7&li_tr=mobile_ymbii |title=Hamilton biker 'Johnny K-9' embroiled in B.C. gang murder plot |publisher=kitchenerpost.ca |date=August 30, 2011 |access-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804160910/https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/2216330-hamilton-biker-johnny-k-9-embroiled-in-b-c-gang-murder-plot/?li_source=li&li_medium=mobile_ymbii&li_pl=9be55fbe-23d9-4632-a50c-9b60fb3783f7&li_tr=mobile_ymbii |url-status=dead}}</ref>