Keanin Loomis
Keanin Loomis | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Loomis in 2022 | |
| Mayor-elect of Hamilton | |
| Assuming office November 15, 2026 | |
| Succeeding | Andrea Horwath |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 25, 1975 Oswego, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Trish Loomis (m. 2001) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | |
| Website | www |
Keanin Loomis (born January 25, 1975) is a Canadian politician and business leader who is the mayor-elect of Hamilton. Prior to his election in 2026, he ran for mayor in the 2022 election.
After the 2022 election, he served as Vice President, Member Services for the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and President and CEO of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction.
Early life, education and career
Keanin Loomis was born in Oswego, New York. When he was 12, his mother got remarried to a Canadian teacher and they moved to London, Ontario. He went to high school in London, Ontario and then went to the University of Waterloo, which is where he met his future wife, Trish Loomis, who is from Hamilton, Ontario.
He graduated from the University of Waterloo in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He then went back to the United States for Law School at the College of William & Mary in Virginia in 2003. He spent nine years living in Virginia, working as a lawyer in Washington D.C. for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
He moved to Hamilton with his wife in 2009 after losing his job in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. In 2010, he cofounded and served as Chief Operating Officer of Innovation Factory, a not-for-profit business accelerator and a regional innovation centre. He served in that role until 2013.
In 2013, he was chosen to serve as the President and CEO of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, a position he held until his resignation in March 2022, when he was preparing to run for mayor.
He was announced as the President of Member Services for the Ontario Chamber of Commerce on February 1, 2023. He left that role and was appointed President and CEO of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction on June 17, 2024, a position he then left on August 1, 2026, to run for mayor a second time.
He was elected mayor of Hamilton on October 26, 2026, and will be inaugurated on November 15, 2026.
Electoral record
| Candidate | Popular vote | Expenditures | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Keanin Loomis | 61,040 | 41.77 | +1.36 | ||
| Rob Cooper | 46,573 | 31.87 | |||
| Andrea Horwath (X) | 21,223 | 14.52 | −27.16 | ||
| Scarlett Gillespie | 9,531 | 6.52 | |||
| Ejaz Butt | 1,686 | 1.15 | −0.19 | ||
| Sasha Austin | 1,367 | 0.94 | |||
| David Harrison | 1,295 | 0.89 | |||
| David Cherkewski | 776 | 0.53 | |||
| Kevin Walker | 600 | 0.41 | |||
| Pamela Mitchell | 590 | 0.40 | |||
| Erin Janus | 517 | 0.35 | |||
| Paul Fromm | 503 | 0.34 | −0.29 | ||
| Nathalie Xian Yi Yan | 420 | 0.29 | |||
| Total valid votes | 146,121 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Eligible voters | |||||
| Note: Hamilton municipal elections are officially non-partisan. Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign materials and are used to visually differentiate candidates. | |||||
| Sources: City of Hamilton, "Nominated Candidates" | |||||
| Candidate | Popular vote | Expenditures | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
| Andrea Horwath | 59,216 | 41.68 | - | $193,174.99 | ||||||||
| Keanin Loomis | 57,553 | 40.41 | - | $203,617.39 | ||||||||
| Bob Bratina | 17,436 | 12.27 | - | n/a1 | ||||||||
| Ejaz Butt | 1,907 | 1.34 | - | $0 | ||||||||
| Solomon Ikhuiwu | 1,867 | 1.31 | - | $5,398.07 | ||||||||
| Jim Davis | 1,433 | 1.01 | -0.5% | n/a1 | ||||||||
| Michael Pattison | 1,422 | 1.00 | +0.33% | n/a1 | ||||||||
| Paul Fromm | 898 | 0.63 | +0.12% | $2,732.99 | ||||||||
| Hermiz Ishaya | 326 | 0.23 | - | $0 | ||||||||
| Total votes | 142,058 | |||||||||||
| Registered voters | 405,288 | 35.38% | -3.32% | |||||||||
| 1 These candidates did not submit official financial statements, and are therefore ineligible to run in the 2026 municipal election. Note: All Hamilton municipal elections are officially non-partisan. 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. | ||||||||||||
| Sources: City of Hamilton, "Nominated Candidates" | ||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Reporter, Fallon Hewitt Spectator (June 12, 2022). "Keanin Loomis launches mayoral campaign, promising that 'change is on the way' for Hamilton". The Hamilton Spectator. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
- ↑ Beattie, Samantha (February 25, 2026). "Keanin Loomis to take another stab at becoming Hamilton's mayor after narrow 2022 defeat". CBC News.
- 1 2 3 "TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts". www.tvo.org. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 CHCH News (March 3, 2026). Newsmakers: Keanin Loomis makes case for second Hamilton mayoral run. Retrieved October 5, 2026 – via YouTube.
- 1 2 "Ontario Chamber Welcomes Keanin Loomis to its Senior Leadership Team". OCC. February 1, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
- 1 2 Redshaw, Mitchell (June 13, 2024). "Keanin Loomis Announced as New President & CEO of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction". CISC-ICCA. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Reporter, Matthew Van Dongen Spectator (October 13, 2022). "The race for mayor: Get to know Keanin Loomis". The Hamilton Spectator. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Loomis, Keanin. "Experience". LinkedIn. Retrieved October 4, 2026.
- ↑ "New mayor, 8 new councillors for Hamilton, with results all in". CBC. Retrieved October 27, 2026.