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The candidates for Hamilton’s 2025 local election have been provisionally released, subject to verification by the Electoral Officer next week.
Nominations closed at noon today, Friday 1 August, with 51 candidates putting themselves up for election. Of the 12 candidates contesting the mayoralty, eight are vying for a ward seat as well.
The provisional list of candidates 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
- 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
- MURRAY, Graeme
- O’LEARY, Angela
- PIKE, Emma
- TAYLOR, Dave
- TAYLOR, Geoff
- THOMSON, Sarah
- WEST, Michael
- YOUNG, Roderick John
Candidate profiles will be published on Council’s website in early August.
How to vote
Voting packs will start arriving in the mail from Tuesday 9 September. Voters are being urged to post their ballots by Tuesday 7 October to guarantee they will arrive in time to be counted.
During the voting period, voting papers can also be hand-delivered to Council’s office in Garden Place or dropped off at ballot box locations around the city.
Voting closes at midday on Saturday 11 October. Votes received after this time won’t be counted.
There is no online voting.
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.
The final deadline for enrolling to vote in the election and the binding poll is Friday 10 October.
For more information visit hamilton.govt.nz/election.
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