John-Paul Danko is a Canadian politician from the

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. He was elected Member of Parliament for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas in the

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. He is a city council member in

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Electoral record

Federal

Municipal

, - !rowspan="2" colspan="2", Candidate !colspan="3", Popular vote !rowspan="2" colspan="2", Expenditures , - ! Votes ! % ! ±% , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , John-Paul Danko (Incumbent) , style="text-align:right;" , 5,274 , style="text-align:right;" , 62.18 , style="text-align:right;" , +20.51% , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="background-color:#ffffff;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Sonia Brown , style="text-align:right;" , 1,936 , style="text-align:right;" , 22.82 , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="background-color:#416bb5;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Anthony Frisina , style="text-align:right;" , 634 , style="text-align:right;" , 7.47 , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="background-color:#ffffff;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Joshua Czerniga , style="text-align:right;" , 413 , style="text-align:right;" , 4.87 , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="background-color:#ffffff;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Daniel Veltri , style="text-align:right;" , 225 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.65 , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Total votes , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 8,482 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="3" , , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Registered voters , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" , Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan.
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" , Sources:''
City of Hamilton, "Nominated Candidates"
, - !rowspan="2" colspan="2", Candidate !colspan="3", Popular vote !rowspan="2" colspan="2", Expenditures , - ! Votes ! % ! ±% , - , style="background-color:#1ecc3e;" , , style="text-align:left;" , John-Paul Danko , style="text-align:right;" , 3,752 , style="text-align:right;" , 41.67% , style="text-align:right;" , +23% Note 1 , style="text-align:right;" , $25,906.54 , - , style="background-color:#5f81d8;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Eve Adams , style="text-align:right;" , 2,097 , style="text-align:right;" , 23.29% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $19,800.00 , - , style="background-color:#84d0ff;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Steve Ruddick , style="text-align:right;" , 1,905 , style="text-align:right;" , 21.16% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $7,988.23 , - , style="background-color:#f44250;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Colleen Wicken , style="text-align:right;" , 911 , style="text-align:right;" , 10.12% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $9,872.08 , - , style="background-color:#ffcc2f;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Anthony Simpson , style="text-align:right;" , 288 , style="text-align:right;" , 3.20% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , -¹ , - , style="background-color:#ff77f3;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Christopher Climie , style="text-align:right;" , 50 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.56% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , -¹ , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Total votes , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 9,003 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="3" , , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Registered voters , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 21,694 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 41.5% , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , +5.21% , style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" , ¹ These candidates did not submit official Financial Statements and are, therefore, ineligible to run in the 2022 election
Note 1: Results compared to 2016 By-Election
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan.
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" , Sources:''
City of Hamilton, "Nominated Candidates"
, - !rowspan="2" colspan="2", Candidate !colspan="3", Popular vote !rowspan="2" colspan="2", Expenditures , - ! Votes ! % ! ±% , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Donna Skelly , style="text-align:right;" , 1,967 , style="text-align:right;" , 19.59% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $30,524.46 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , John-Paul Danko , style="text-align:right;" , 1,875 , style="text-align:right;" , 18.67% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $21,530.03 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Uzma Qureshi , style="text-align:right;" , 1,521 , style="text-align:right;" , 15.14% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $28,621.86 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Shaun Burt , style="text-align:right;" , 881 , style="text-align:right;" , 8.77% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , n/a¹ , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Doug Farraway , style="text-align:right;" , 785 , style="text-align:right;" , 7.82% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $12,657 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Geraldine McMullen , style="text-align:right;" , 720 , style="text-align:right;" , 7.17% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $27,112.84 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Tom Gordon , style="text-align:right;" , 468 , style="text-align:right;" , 4.66% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $2,681.09 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Howard Rabb , style="text-align:right;" , 376 , style="text-align:right;" , 3.74% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $17,696.61 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Bob Charters , style="text-align:right;" , 354 , style="text-align:right;" , 3.52% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , n/a¹ , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Glenn Murphy , style="text-align:right;" , 255 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.54% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $5,840.09 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Chelsey Heroux , style="text-align:right;" , 172 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.71% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , n/a¹ , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Hans Zuriel , style="text-align:right;" , 133 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.32% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $8,531.42 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Philip Bradshaw , style="text-align:right;" , 110 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.10% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $1,450.12 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Robert Bolton , style="text-align:right;" , 95 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.95% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , n/a¹ , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Jeanne Pacey , style="text-align:right;" , 95 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.95% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , n/a¹ , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Louis Vecchioni , style="text-align:right;" , 64 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.64% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $0 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Anthony Nicholl , style="text-align:right;" , 62 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.62% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , n/a¹ , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Mohammad Shahrouri , style="text-align:right;" , 48 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.48% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $160 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Robert Young , style="text-align:right;" , 22 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.22% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $930.87 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Paul Nagy , style="text-align:right;" , 17 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.17% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $0 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Damin Starr , style="text-align:right;" , 17 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.17% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , $7,886.76 , - , style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Luc Hetu , style="text-align:right;" , 6 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.06% , style="text-align:right;" , - , style="text-align:right;" , n/a¹ , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Total votes , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 10,063 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 24.35% , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , =7.4% , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , $40,005.55 , - , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" , Registered voters , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" , 41,332 , style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" , ¹ These candidates did not submit official Financial Statements and are, therefore, ineligible to run in the
2018 Municipal election
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan.
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" , Sources:''

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City of Hamilton, "2016 Candidate Financial Statements
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References

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