|Candidate !colspan="3" |Popular vote |- ! Votes ! % ! ±% |- | style="background-color:#FF0000;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Bernie Morelli (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;" | 3,186 | style="text-align:right;" | 44.66% | style="text-align:right;" | -27.99% |- | style="background-color:#388697;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Paul Tetley | style="text-align:right;" | 1,720 | style="text-align:right;" | 24.11% | style="text-align:right;" | n/a |- | style="background-color:#FCC200;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Sean Gibson | style="text-align:right;" | 976 | style="text-align:right;" | 13.68% | style="text-align:right;" | -13.67% |- | style="background-color:#FF0000;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Mark DiMillo | style="text-align:right;" | 723 | style="text-align:right;" | 10.13% | style="text-align:right;" | n/a |- | style="background-color:#FFE882;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Bob Black | style="text-align:right;" | 373 | style="text-align:right;" | 5.23% | style="text-align:right;" | n/a |- | style="background-color:#FF7F00;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Wilamina McGrimmond | style="text-align:right;" | 156 | style="text-align:right;" | 2.19% | style="text-align:right;" | n/a |- | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total votes | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |7,329 | 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;" |23,670 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |31.0% | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |+4.37% |- | 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 , 2006 City of Hamilton Municipal Election Site, 2010 City of Hamilton Municipal Election Site |} Bob Black works with the Hamilton Area Labour Council. Mark DiMillo ran in Ward 7 in the 2006 Election, capturing 1,179 votes (8.48%), finishing fifth in the election won by incumbent Scott Duvall. Sean Gibson ran in the 2006 Election, gaining 27% to incumbent councillor Bernie Morelli's 73%. Wilamina McGrimmond is a native rights activist, and sought the provincial New Democratic Party nomination for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek in the 2007 Provincial Election. Longtime incumbent councillor Bernie Morelli has filed for re-election, despite rumours that he would not stand in 2010. Paul Tetley is a Ward 3 homeowner and a businessman, whose campaign slogan is "Get Ready for Change" and focus is on "Vision, Leadership and Change". Ward Four (East Hamilton) |- !rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Candidate !colspan="3" |Popular vote |- ! Votes ! % ! ±% |- | style="background-color:#FF7F00;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Sam Merulla (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;" |6,787 | style="text-align:right;" |82.41% | style="text-align:right;" |+19.37 |- | style="background-color:#8B0000;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Norm Bulbrook | style="text-align:right;" |743 | style="text-align:right;" |9.02% |