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 |} Sitting trustee, Robert Barlow, sought re-election. John Davidson was trustee from 2003 to 2006 when he was defeated by current trustee Robert Barlow. Bruce Percy was a first-time candidate. |- !rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Candidate !colspan="3" |Popular vote |- ! Votes ! % ! ±% |- | style="background-color:#FF7F00;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Alex Johnstone | style="text-align:right;" |8,586 | style="text-align:right;" |66.9% | style="text-align:right;" |n/a |- | style="background-color:#00009C;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Ying Chan | style="text-align:right;" |4,249 | style="text-align:right;" |33.1% | style="text-align:right;" |n/a |- | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total votes | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |14,692 | 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;" |35,460 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |41.4% | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |+14.35% |- | 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 |} Ying Chan was an Ancaster resident and co-founder of "Ancaster Parents for French Immersion", a group dedicated to expanding French immersion courses in area schools. Chan was endorsed by fundamentalist Christian organizations, such as the Campaign Life Coalition, Hamilton-Wentworth Family Action Council, and Public Education Advocates for Christian Equity Alex Johnstone was a social worker with a specialization in child welfare. She worked as a child and family support worker for the Vancouver School Board, a developmental worker to an autistic child, and volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters and Free The Children. Alex was formally a New Democratic candidate for the Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale riding. |- !rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Candidate !colspan="3" |Popular vote |- ! Votes ! % ! ±% |- | style="background-color:#FF7F00;" | | style="text-align:left;" | Jessica Brennan (Incumbent) | style="text-align:right;" |4,957 | style="text-align:right;" |81.54% | style="text-align:right;" |+2.73% |- | style="background-color:#663854;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Klaas Detmar | style="text-align:right;" |1,122 | style="text-align:right;" |18.46% | style="text-align:right;" |n/a |- | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total votes | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |6,079 | 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;" |15,146 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |45.8% | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |+7.7% |- | 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