|5.14% | style="text-align:right;" |n/a |- | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total votes | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |16,173 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |100% | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | |- | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Registered voters | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |40,571 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |39.9 % | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |+2.97% |- | 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: Hamilton, Ontario, City Clerk's Office |} Keith Beck had filed to run in Ward Two earlier in the year, but dropped out of the race on August 4. Previously, he had received 507 votes in the 2006 Election, though as a candidate for Ward 10 and, prior to the close of nominations that year, he had filed papers to run for mayor, but withdrew from that race to pursue a councillor's position. First-term Councillor Scott Duvall announced that he would be seeking a second term in the Mountain News on January 1, 2010. He officially filed to run in Ward 7 again on the first day nominations opened, January 4. John Gallagher also stood in the 2006 election for the position of Ward Seven Councillor, placing fourth with 9.21% of the vote. Trevor Pettit, who filed on September 2, was the former Progressive Conservative MPP for Hamilton Mountain. Ward Eight (West Mountain) Ward Eight's council race was marked by the unofficial withdrawal of two candidates, namely Jeff Bonner for personal reasons and Bruce Whitelaw in support of incumbent Councillor Terry Whitehead's campaign. Whitehead's last campaigning opponent, Kim Jenkinson, wrote a post-election reflection for The Hamilton Spectator, where she outlined her reasons for running and the process by which she campaigned. In the article, she noted, "I've had my say, I've played fair, and I have met some interesting people, and had my family and friends at my back the whole way." |- !rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Candidate !colspan="3" |Popular vote |- ! Votes ! % ! ±% |- | style="background-color:#FF0800;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Terry Whitehead (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;" | 9,908 | style="text-align:right;" | 67.37% | style="text-align:right;" | +11.65% |- | style="background-color:#0047AB;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Kim Jenkinson | style="text-align:right;" | 3,877 | style="text-align:right;" | 26.36% | style="text-align:right;" | n/a |- | style="background-color:#FF7E00;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Bruce Whitelaw | style="text-align:right;" | 471 | style="text-align:right;" | 3.20% | style="text-align:right;" | n/a |- | style="background-color:#B2BEB5;" |