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Candidate List Updated And Confirmed For Hamilton City Council Election
The list of candidates for the Hamilton City Council election has been updated.
A total of 52 candidates have put their names forward for election – including 12 mayoral candidates.
Since the provisional release of Council candidate names on Friday 1 August, two updates have been made:
- West General Ward: Graeme Mead is confirmed as a candidate, correcting the earlier listing of Graeme Murray.
- East General Ward: Horiana Adrienne Henderson has been added to the list of candidates.
The verified list is:
Standing for Mayor – Hamilton City Council
CARRINGTON, Lily
DU PLOOY, Rudi
GIELEN, Jack
HUATA, Maria
KARALUS, Rachel
MACINDOE, Tim
MCDONALD, John
STRATFORD, Roger
TAYLOR, Dave
TEMONI-SYME, Guy Wayne
THOMSON, Sarah
TUPAEA-WARREN, Roma
Standing in East General Ward
AFEAKI, Rachel
AITKEN, Stuart David
BYDDER, Andrew
CASEY-COX, Anna
DHALIWAL, Preet Raj Singh
DU PLOOY, Rudi
GIELEN, Jack
HAMILTON, Marie
HARVEY, Louise Rachel
HASSAN, Suhair Sabah
HENDERSON, Horiana Adrienne
HUMPHREYS, Peter
HUNT, Tim
JONASSEN, Jason
KARALUS, Rachel
LIU, Leo
MACINDOE, Tim
MARKS, Danielle
MCCONNOCHIE, Alexander Bruce
MCDONALD, John
MORONEY, Sue
NAND, Jenny
NG, Jono
ROBINSON, Turi
STRANGE, Jamie
TALBOT, Jackie
VAN OOSTEN, Maxine Joy
Standing in Kirikiriroa Maaori Ward
GALLAGHER, Jarrad
HUATA, Maria
JENSEN, Lawrence
NEHA, Robbie
POPE, Andrew Lewis
WHEKI, Jahvaya Watene
Standing in West General Ward
ALFORQUE, Paul
BEVERIDGE, Matthew James Peter
FLYGER, Mark Alexander
GOSAI, Nidhita
HUTT, Louise
MACDONALD, Mesh
MCKIE, Allan James
MEAD, Graeme
O'LEARY, Angela
PIKE, Emma
TAYLOR, Dave
TAYLOR, Geoff
THOMSON, Sarah
WEST, Michael
YOUNG, Roderick John
Voting opens on Tuesday 9 September 2025 and closes at midday on Saturday 11 October 2025.
Alongside the election, Hamiltonians will be asked to vote in a binding poll on whether the city’s Kirikiriroa Maaori Ward should continue beyond the 2028 election.
For more information visit hamilton.govt.nz/election.
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